CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Lucky Fusca is concerned about several recent incidents of vandalism and hate that have targeted the Island’s queer and Black ...
Patrick McNutt shot this photo of a plaque at Andrews Pond that had been painted with obscene language. McNutt blurred out some of the words. ContributedCHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Lucky Fusca is concerned about several recent incidents of vandalism and hate that have targeted the Island’s queer and Black communities.Read moreOn the last day of the festival, though, a demonstrator protested outside of the Delta Prince Edward, where Pride in the Park was held.
Another festival attendee eventually called the police, and three officers came. After some back and forth, the police finally got the protestor to leave, Fusca said. Near the end of the Pride Festival, a vandal also spray-painted one of the festival’s signs in Charlottetown.Patrick McNutt was out for a walk when he saw the graffiti: The “N-word,” spray-painted on a pair of plaques at Andrew’s Pond in the East Royalty neighbourhood of Charlottetown.Some commenters suggested it was just random vandalism – teens trying to be edgy.“I kind of made the point that, ‘Yeah, that might be the case.
SaltWire contacted local advocacy organizations BIPOC USHR and the Black Cultural Society of P.E.I. for comment on the incidents of racist graffiti but did not receive a reply by deadline.
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