[This story illustrates how much power the media has over government. It should sicken all right-thinking Canadians that such a blatantly biased news organ as the CBC receives taxpayer support. The article omits the race of the attackers; personally, I don't think white men would have the cojones to do this to a dyke, so I'm going to have to assume it was the work of muds.

It's not clear to me how the "man" who "kicked" (kicked? Was he Chuck Norris?) this dyke in the face suddenly turned into a 14-year-old "boy" by the time of the arrest, or how the cops could even have found someone to arrest if they were as lax in their investigation as the article claims. Something doesn't quite add up here. Would a minority hoax a "hate crime" against itself? It's known to happen. The very fact that these dykes contacted the CBC the same week the incident allegedly happened suggests they were after publicity all along. Maybe this dyke got beat up by her girlfriend (domestic violence rates are high among lesbians) and they decided to try to turn a "lemon" into lemonade. -IA]

Teen charged in violent Edmonton assault
Last Updated: Saturday, April 24, 2010 | 6:50 PM MT
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/04/24/edmonton-assault-arrest-hate-crime.html

Shannon Barry, 31, says a vicious attack that left her with a broken jaw and a crushed eye socket was a hate crime. (CBC)

A 14-year-old boy has been charged in connection with an assault on a 31-year-old woman who says the attack was a hate crime.

The boy, who can't be identified, was arrested on Friday and charged with aggravated assault after the vicious attack on April 17 in the area of 76 Avenue and 96 Street.

The victim, Shannon Barry, suffered a broken jaw, a crushed left eye socket and facial nerve damage.

Barry, who is a lesbian, said she and five friends were walking home from a bar in south Edmonton when a group of men started yelling at them from the other side of the street, calling them "dykes" and "faggots."

In an interview after the attack, Barry told CBC News one of the men then walked over and kicked her in the face. [And I suppose you weren't doing anything to aggravate the situation, uh, Barry? -IA]

Police said at a media briefing on Saturday that after interviewing witnesses they've determined the assault was "random and that the victim was not specifically targeted." [Hence, it's not a so-called "hate crime." -IA]

At the briefing, Edmonton police Chief Mike Boyd also apologized for the way the investigation was handled.

"I want to offer my apology to the victim, and I also want to offer my apology on behalf of the Edmonton Police Service to our wider minority communities here in the city of Edmonton," he said.

Barry had raised concerns, saying police did not begin investigating until several days after the assault. [If the assault took place on the 17th and this article was published on the 24th, the "several days" couldn't have been more than seven days. -IA]

At the time, police confirmed they began investigating after a CBC News report came out Wednesday, detailing how the officer who responded to Barry's 911 call had not followed the standard police practice of calling in a dog team or helicopter to search for the attackers, who had fled after the assault. [WTF? I've been assaulted before and I can guarantee you the cops are not going to call in a dog team or a helicopter to find your attacker. Hell, half the time you'd be lucky if the cops even sent an officer over to talk to you. Who does this dyke think she is? The Queen of England? Homos obviously believe they're entitled to a higher level of protection than the average citizen. -IA]

The officer also did not interview any of the witnesses and did not file a report the same day the assault occurred, which is a breach of police policy. [Maybe they had more pressing things to deal with. If I'm not mistaken, Edmonton has a large injun population, as well as Asian and Latin American crime gangs, so it could just be that the cops had some real crime to attend to, as opposed to playing wet nurse to some bulldykes who should've known better than to get into a brawl they couldn't handle. -IA]

Boyd apologized for the error on Saturday, saying the officer failed to file an internal report the day the assault occurred and didn't finish the report until he returned from his scheduled days off on Thursday.

However, Boyd said the hate crime unit was given the file and starting investigating on Wednesday — despite the fact that the officer's report was not submitted until the next day.

Boyd said the officer is a constable with "several years" of experience. He said the office is looking into the incident, and the officer may face disciplinary action.