March 28 Toronto Police Chief Harold […]
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1979-03-28
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March 28 Toronto Police Chief Harold Adamson and Police Association President Mal Connolly issued statements apologizing for homophobic statements made in Staff Sergeant Tom Moclair's article, "The Homosexual Fad," published in the March 1979 issue of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Association's journal News and Views. Moclair referred to gays as "weirdos" and "fags." Other articles in the same issue had denigrated Blacks, Jews, Catholics, and Italians. On April 2, Toronto City Council voted unanimously to condemn the Metropolitan Toronto Police Association for publishing the articles. Later, it was revealed that Moclair had been accused of striking a gay man in front of the St. Charles Tavern during Halloween in 1968. (See also April 5, 1979, and June 13, 1979.)
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June 13 Toronto Mayor John Sewell […]March 26 Toronto A large public […]March 16 Toronto RTPC circulated […]All Places
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Colin Vaughan, "Politics: Police News & Views: To Serve and Protect—Selectively" (column), Toronto Life, June 1979, pp. 41–43."Uproar Over Bigoted Cop Mag Forces Apology from Police Chief," Body Politic, no. 52 (1979), p. 8Gwyn (Jocko) Thomas, "Police Won't Punish Author of Article Abusing Homosexuals," Toronto Star, four star ed., 21 March 1979, p. A1"Thanks Sarge" (editorial), Body Politic, no. 52 (1979), p. 7"Smelling Like Pole Cats?" OUT!, 1, no. 5 (April 1979): 5David Oved, "Mayor Takes It on Chin: 'Cop Critic Has Right to His Say,'" Toronto Sun, 21 March 1979, p. 5Tom Moclair, "The Homosexual Fad," News and Views (Toronto), 27, no. 3 (March 1979): 10–11"D.M. (Del Mansell), "Council Condemns Police: News," Metro Community News 6 (6 April 1979): 4–5Stephen Lewis, "Police Article 'Offensive Tripe': Reactions of Chief and Deputy Chief Too 'Namby-Pamby'" (column), Toronto Star, Sunday ed., 25 March 1979, p. A16"Lecture for Cop Author of 'Sickies' Article," Toronto Sun, 22 March 1979, p. 16Claire Hoy, "Hey, Cops Also Have Rights!" (column), Toronto Sun, 28 March 1979, p. 8Ian Harvey, "Police Brass Apologize to Homosexuals: 'Regret Views in Cop Paper,'" Toronto Sun, 29 March 1979, p. 20"Gays Challenge Police Author over His Writing," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 20 March 1979, p. 3Jon Ferry, "Anti-gays Article Will Bring Officer before His Chief," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 22 March 1979, p. 4"Down Memory Lane," Body Politic, no. 58 (1979), p. 15"Cops Disown 2 Articles Called 'Bigoted,'" Toronto Star, four star ed., 28 March 1979, p. A3Alan Christie, "Police Paper Articles Labelled 'Bigoted, Racist,'" Toronto Star, four star ed., 20 March 1979, p. A1"Chief Hit for Inaction on Cop Rag," Toronto Sun, final ed., 27 March 1979, p. 21Dick Beddoes, "A Hateful Smear of Hate" (column), Globe and Mail, metro ed., 21 March 1979, p. 8Dick Beddoes, "Caution Beats Popping Off" (column), Globe and Mail, metro ed., 23 March 1979, p. 8"Adamson, Police Union Head Apologize for 2 Articles," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 29 March 1979, p. 5
