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May 22 Ottawa Ottawa police raided […]
When
1976-05-22
Description
May 22 Ottawa Ottawa police raided the Club Baths of Ottawa (1069 Wellington Street) and arrested twenty-seven men; twenty-two were charged as found-ins, two with gross indecency, and three as being keepers. The police also seized financial records and the Club Baths' membership list, which contained more than 3,000 names; the list was later returned. This was the first raid of its kind in the Ottawa area, and was seen as part of a campaign of police harassment of gay establishments to "clean up" Montréal and nearby cities for the 1976 Summer Olympics. (See also May 24, 1976; May 28, 1976; Summer 1976; August 12, 1976; Autumn 1976; October 21, 1976; January 28, 1977; and November 30, 1977. )
