BY: Tom Zilich Surrey Now
Reflections:
Michael Taylor a musician who is part of an acoustic groove band was attacked at Scott Road bus loop on the weekend. The event took place over the weekend when Michael Taylor was returning from a gig in Vancouver and was attacked on the sidewalk. It is said that he shared the bus ride home with the attackers and he wasn't the only one harassed there was another passenger on the bus who was harassed. Police are saying and recommending charges under abuse and not hate crime and they are reviewing videotapes and questioning the witnesses. The alleged attackers are said to be between the ages of 14 to 18 and there were three boys and two girls. The conflict in the bus was that Mike wasn't the only one harassed but despite being harassed Mike stood his ground.
I personally feel that this wasn't a hate crime that it was immature teens. Mike want the only one being harassed there were others but the that fact he was attacked changes everything. It was the weekend and maybe they were "buzzed" so that could have affected there judgment so I feel that they were a bunch of immature teens who have no self control. This event affects us as Canadians because it makes Canadians think is it safe for me to step outside. They read this article and they think to themselves here is a man who is minding his own business and was ruthlessly beaten who is to say the same thing wont happen to me. So it creates a doubt among Canadians that am I really safe?
I don't believe that our media seems to favor a certain party because our media's job is to bring forth the story and what is right and wrong one is able to judge by himself. But there maybe ways that the media might alter the story to make it more interesting, they personally wouldn't feel that they have done something wrong but they also didn't do anything right either.
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