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to serve and protect?
« on: Aug 1^st, 2002, 2:12pm »

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i post this because not only was the attackee a dear friend of a friend but because there was a third sailor who was present but free to be in canada. i find their behaviour to be deplorable, shameful and going completely against their supposed occupations/callings.

American Sailors Held in Vancouver Bashing
Wednesday, 17 July 2002
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Two American sailors have been arrested and charged with weapons possession and assault after an alleged bias-related attack against a gay man in Vancouver, the Vancouver Sun reports.

According to Vancouver Police, the two off-duty sailors stopped a man on Pacific Avenue and asked for directions in an apparent scheme to catch him off guard. Witnesses say that before the man could say anything, one of the Navy men sprayed him in the face with pepper spray or some other noxious gas.

He fell to the ground with his hands over his face and according to witnesses was then kicked by the two men as they yelled anti-gay slurs. A bystander who witnessed the assault rushed to the prone man's assistance, and he and the man then ran off after the assailants.

Scott Driemel, a spokesman for the Vancouver Police Department, said the victim and the man who assisted him managed to trap the two attackers in a blind alley. "When he was cornered, one of the suspects produced a knife in a threatening gesture," said Driemel. Vancouver police arrived and arrested the pair.

More Details on Vancouver Assault
Thursday, 18 July 2002
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The names of the two U.S. sailors who are facing Canadian charges in an alleged bias-attack on a gay Vancouver man have been released by police.

Kenneth Drake, 23, and Joe Hummel, 24, who are stationed at the Whidbey Island Naval Base in nearby Bremerton, Washington, are accused of using a knife and pepper spray in the attack on the 28-year-old victim.

Vancouver Police Constable Sarah Bloor said on Wednesday that the attack victim, whose name has not been released, suffered injuries requiring hospital treatment.

Drake is charged with assault and assault with pepper spray, while Hummel is charged with carrying a concealed weapon, assault and assault with a knife, according to Bloor. She said prosecutors would decide whether to ask the court to designate the assault a hate crime.

"During the assault, the suspects made comments in regard to the victim's sexual orientation," Bloor said. The case was still under investigation, Bloor said.

Another police spokesman, Detective Scott Driemel, told the Seattle Post Intelligencer that the two men have returned to their base in the United States after promising to appear for a Vancouver court date Aug. 27.

He said they have been cooperating with Canadian authorities.

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