Wood plaque
2005-06-16 00:22:43.162202+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Toronto statue draws flak. The plaque depicts Alexander Wood inspecting a man with dropped trousers:
A woman reported a rape, noting she had scratched the attacker on his genitals. Wood took matters into his own hands, lining up the suspects and demanding that they drop their pants so he could "inspect" them.
After word of the incident got around, Wood was widely branded a "molly," a derogatory term for homosexuals, and he agreed to leave town in exchange for not being prosecuted for abusing his position.
It's unclear to me whether some of those complaining about the statue aren't just upset that in 1810 a man of stature in the community actually tried to bring a rapist to justice...