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August 26 Toronto Plainclothes […]
When
1980-08-26
Description
August 26 Toronto Plainclothes policemen arrested five men in a late-night raid in David Balfour Park, during which Constable Richard Dionne discharged his revolver three times into the ground. Seven other men escaped. The men were taken to 53 Division, where they were charged with gross indecency and committing an indecent act. On August 28, 1980, the Toronto Sun reported the names, ages, and home addresses of the accused. On October 30, 1980, Prof. John Alan Lee, chair of the RTPC, presented a brief before the Metropolitan Board of Commissioners of Police stating that gays having sex in city parks were treated much more harshly than heterosexuals in the same position, and that police were failing to distinguish between a crime and a nuisance. (See also November 17, 1980.)
