Reverberations from Vancouver’s recent gay-bashing
Qnews Oct 10 08by Scott Larsen Oct. 08,2008 The man who was attacked on a downtown Vancouver street just after midnight on Sept. 27 said "it doesn't surprise me this still happens." 27-year-old Jordan Smith, who was walking hand-in-hand with another man in the 900 block of Davie Street, was attacked by a man identified by Vancouver Police Dept. as Michael Kandola. Kandola, 20, was with three others and began yelling obscenities says Smith. "Everything you could think of… a slew of obscenities that were obviously anti-gay," says Smith about the verbal abuse levied at him before he. Full story...
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