Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran told a sexual assault survivor and advocate of the city91裸聊视频檚 rape survivors to 91裸聊视频渂e quiet91裸聊视频� as she demonstrated in council chambers today.
Demonstration occuring in council chambers. donning signs and a shirt that reads 'rape culture lives here'
91裸聊视频� Michael Rodriguez (@MichaelRdrguez)
Donning a shirt that read 91裸聊视频榬ape culture lives here91裸聊视频� and a sign that read 91裸聊视频榶our silence speaks volumes91裸聊视频�, Heather Friesen began to speak to her issues during a regularly scheduled council meeting but was stopped by the mayor.
91裸聊视频淢a91裸聊视频檃m if you could please be quiet, that would be appreciated,91裸聊视频� Mayor Basran said to her.
91裸聊视频淛ust like you?91裸聊视频� quipped Friesen.
In a Tweet following her exit of council chambers, Friesen said the mayor should know by now that she won91裸聊视频檛 be quiet.
Mayor Basran,
91裸聊视频� The Other Heather (@pinklady_ktown)
If there's one thing you should have learned by now.
I'm not ever going to be quiet about rape and rape culture in Kelowna.
That's apparently your job.
The city and Kelowna RCMP detachment came under fire in October 2019 after 91裸聊视频 revealed 40 per cent of sexual assaults reported to police in 2019 were deemed 91裸聊视频渦nfounded.91裸聊视频�
Since then Friesen has been on the warpath, calling the city 91裸聊视频渟teeped in rape culture91裸聊视频� and organizing both a protest in front of the RCMP detachment and a petition to implement a sex crime unit for Kelowna. She has also become one of the most outspoken advocates of sexual assault victims in the city.
Friesen said she91裸聊视频檚 met with several councillors and other local politicians, who have expressed their support behind closed doors but have yet to make a public statement. She did not give the names of those she91裸聊视频檚 met with but said Basran refused a meeting.
Following the meeting, Basran denied that Heather made a formal request to speak to him.
This is the second time Friesen has attended a council meeting to call out the mayor and councillors directly.
The Kelowna RCMP has completed an internal review of the extremely high number of unfounded sexual assaults, however, the results have not yet been made public.
91裸聊视频淲hy aren91裸聊视频檛 (councillors) asking the Kelowna RCMP to give them that review?91裸聊视频� Friesen said.
The council meeting continued as scheduled but after it was adjourned, the mayor said he will request the RCMP91裸聊视频檚 report on the unfounded sexual assaults come to light.
READ MORE: Kelowna RCMP completes internal review of sexual assault cases deemed 91裸聊视频榰nfounded91裸聊视频�
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