February 26 Toronto Aldermen David […]

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1981-02-26

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February 26 Toronto Aldermen David White and Pat Sheppard submitted the thirty-two-page "Report on Police Raids on Gay Steambaths" concerning events surrounding the February 5 bath raids to Toronto City Council. The report included almost seventy-five excerpts from statements made by gay men who were swept up in the raids, as well as photographs of the damage caused in the raids. The report concluded by recommending that "the Attorney General initiate an impartial public inquiry as soon as possible." Toronto City Council passed the motion by a vote of eleven to nine, but Metro Council refused to support it. Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey stated bluntly that he supported the police's position.

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February 24 Toronto Metropolitan […]February 5 Toronto Almost 200 police […]

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Toronto

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David White Paul Godfrey Pat Sheppard

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Metro Council, Metropolitan Toronto Council Toronto City Council

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Report on Police Raids on Gay Steambaths

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David White and Pat Sheppard, "Report of Police Raids on Gay Steambaths," Toronto, 1981 (see accession M91–057, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto)."That Raid Again" (editorial), Toronto Sun, 2 March 1981, p. 10 Allan Sparrow, "Sexual Orientation: 2 Battles Won. City Council Votes for Independent Inquiry into Bath Raids," Ward 6 News (Toronto), March 1981, p. 4 "Report Tells of Rampage, Police Abuse," Toronto Star, two star ed., 27 February 1981, p. A3 Ian Mulgrew, "Police Abused Men in Bathhouse Raids, Two Aldermen Say," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 27 February 1981, p. 5 Sean McCann, "Cop Hinted He'd Shoot Suspect in Bathhouse Raid: Aldermen's Report," Toronto Sun, 27 February 1981, p. 37 Denys Horgan, "Toronto Council Wants Probe of Police Raids on Bathhouses," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 27 February 1981, p. 1 Gerald Hannon, Bill Loos, Elinor Mahoney, Craig Patterson, and Roger Spalding, "'Who Is the Next? Me?,'" Body Politic, no. 72 (1981), pp. 9–11 John Ferri, "City Calls for Outside Probe of Steambath Raids," Toronto Star, two star ed., 27 February 1981, p. A3 "Council Calls for Inquiry: Gays Cheer," Toronto Sun, 27 February 1981, p. 5 Alan Christie, "Others Damaged Bath Houses after Raids, Police Hint," Toronto Star, four star ed., 3 March 1981, p. A16

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