Mass shooting inquiry hears that Nova Scotia gunman traded denture work for sex
The gunman who killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia in April 2020 was known to exchange denture work for sex and to exploit marginalized women, says a report submitted to the inquiry investigating the mass shooting.
“This violence oftentimes looked like preying upon individuals that were vulnerable, marginalized and racialized,” Fifield said, adding that it spanned “many years.” He encouraged some of his clients who received income assistance to refer their friends and family to his clinics with the promise of cash compensation, the report said. Wortman also encouraged some marginalized and racialized people to have their teeth pulled “so he could give them ‘a mouth full of beautiful teeth.’ ”
The participants told the report’s authors they did not feel safe reporting the incidents of sexual violence or harassment to police because of previous experiences in which marginalized people were not believed. The report also noted that “formal institutions have perpetuated, and continue to perpetuate, acts of violence and oppression” against many marginalized people, particularly Indigenous people and Black people.
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