Toronto police are asking witnesses to come forward after a group became involved in an altercation with a male who was reportedly shouting derogatory terms at people on the corner of Church and Wellesley streets on Tuesday night.
Speaking to CP24 on Wednesday morning, police confirmed that they were called to the area on Tuesday night after a group reportedly surrounded a male who was shouting offensive terms at people in the neighbourhood.
Jaymie Sampa, a staff member at The 519 who witnessed the situation as it was unfolding, told CP24 that two people with a microphone and an amplifier stood on the corner to preach “hatred” about members of the LGBTQ community.
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