Meanwhile In Vancouver: Marchers topple 'pedophile' Gassy Jack's statue in Vancouver's Gastown
A statue of controversial early Vancouver figure Gassy Jack Deighton was pulled down and splashed with red paint on Monday by people participating in a Valentine’s Day march to memorialize missing and murdered women.
The march in the Downtown Eastside has been held annually for three decades to highlight the women, many of whom were Indigenous and vulnerable.
The statue of Gassy Jack at Maple Tree Square in Gastown depicts the saloon keeper — the namesake for the Gastown neighbourhood — who, at age 40, married a 12-year-old Indigenous girl. She ran away at 15 after giving birth to a son.
Images and videos posted to Twitter on Monday showed a group cheering and drumming as the statue, with ropes around its neck, was toppled off its pedestal.
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouver-womens-march-protesters-topple-gassy-jack-deighton-statue
