Last Sunday, Jim Gaston brought his 14-year-old son to play hockey at the Bond Lake Arena in Richmond Hill, Ontario. As per usual, he wasn’t wearing a mask. Going maskless at this arena was never an issue all season long — until last weekend.
That’s because a COVID-Karen (who was wearing two masks, no less) began to hector Jim for not wearing a face diaper. This caught the attention of other individuals. But what happened next was downright disturbing: a small mob gathered, and they began to verbally abuse Jim. One allegedly threatened to knock Jim’s teeth out.
By the way, it should be noted that Jim is an ex-firefighter who suffers from a spinal cord disability. This injury causes Jim’s legs to quiver, and when some of the people bullying him say Jim’s legs shaking, they began to mock him for being “scared.”
And when Jim pulled out his cellphone to record the men who were bullying him, one individual knocked it out of his hands. This thug then proceeded to stomp on it, damaging the device in the process. It was surreal.
Soon after, two members of the York Regional Police arrived on the scene. Jim says they checked the arena’s video surveillance footage, which depicted that an assault had indeed occurred.
But get this: Jim — not the aggressor — was told to leave the premises and not to return unless he wanted to be charged with trespassing. Meanwhile, the individual who committed the assault and vandalism was apparently allowed to remain and watch the hockey game.