Post by heavymanners on Feb 10, 2006 15:27:11 GMT -5
Anyone know anything about this? I remember Edmonton and Calgary had some problems with this shit back in the 80s/90s but hadn't heard about anything like this for a long time....
www.vueweekly.com/articles/default.aspx?i=3288
NEWS ROUNDUP
By ROSS MOROZ and DAN LAZIN
NEO-NAZIS: MEAN! (ALLEGEDLY)
A popular local musician is homeless and instrumentless after his historic downtown house was allegedly firebombed early Monday.
The victim—23-year-old local musician Pat Bourne, best known as a member of the defunct punk band Les Tabernacles and son of the Juno Award-winning folk singer Bill Bourne—heard someone outside his front door at about 1:30 am on February 6, according to a source close to Bourne who spoke to Vue on condition of anonymity.
Two men dressed in neo-Nazi outfits then forced their way into the house at 105 Street and 98 Avenue, demanding that Bourne take down an old Soviet Union flag he was using as a curtain for his bedroom window, the source claims. The intruders allegedly dragged Bourne into his bedroom and began destroying property and carving swastikas into Bourne’s belongings.
According to the source, Bourne managed to escape the home and flee to a bar down the street to call the police, who arrived only to find the intruders had disappeared. Reportedly, after suggesting that Bourne use heavy furniture to barricade his door and asking if he owned a baseball bat, the police left the scene. Bourne and a friend who plays with another popular local rock act stayed in the home.
The pair were playing guitar in the basement about two hours after the initial invasion, the source said, when someone threw a Molotov cocktail through a window. The two musicians escaped, but the ensuing fire destroyed the home and several thousand dollars worth of instruments.
Police spokesperson Lisa Lammi confirmed that police are investigating the incident as an arson and a possible hate crime, although she would not speculate as to whether or not the incident is related to other recent alleged hate crimes in downtown Edmonton, including the painting of anti-Semitic images on a Jasper Avenue synagogue during Hanukkah.
www.vueweekly.com/articles/default.aspx?i=3288
NEWS ROUNDUP
By ROSS MOROZ and DAN LAZIN
NEO-NAZIS: MEAN! (ALLEGEDLY)
A popular local musician is homeless and instrumentless after his historic downtown house was allegedly firebombed early Monday.
The victim—23-year-old local musician Pat Bourne, best known as a member of the defunct punk band Les Tabernacles and son of the Juno Award-winning folk singer Bill Bourne—heard someone outside his front door at about 1:30 am on February 6, according to a source close to Bourne who spoke to Vue on condition of anonymity.
Two men dressed in neo-Nazi outfits then forced their way into the house at 105 Street and 98 Avenue, demanding that Bourne take down an old Soviet Union flag he was using as a curtain for his bedroom window, the source claims. The intruders allegedly dragged Bourne into his bedroom and began destroying property and carving swastikas into Bourne’s belongings.
According to the source, Bourne managed to escape the home and flee to a bar down the street to call the police, who arrived only to find the intruders had disappeared. Reportedly, after suggesting that Bourne use heavy furniture to barricade his door and asking if he owned a baseball bat, the police left the scene. Bourne and a friend who plays with another popular local rock act stayed in the home.
The pair were playing guitar in the basement about two hours after the initial invasion, the source said, when someone threw a Molotov cocktail through a window. The two musicians escaped, but the ensuing fire destroyed the home and several thousand dollars worth of instruments.
Police spokesperson Lisa Lammi confirmed that police are investigating the incident as an arson and a possible hate crime, although she would not speculate as to whether or not the incident is related to other recent alleged hate crimes in downtown Edmonton, including the painting of anti-Semitic images on a Jasper Avenue synagogue during Hanukkah.