He comes from a good family and place of privilege. He was always really wonderful in high school a musician. A scholar and a gentleman. This is not so shocking because of the people he chose to associate with. I feel a great disbelief.
This act of racism is intolerable. A frightful glimpse into the ignorance of those around us.
16 December 2011 at 19:07
We have to admit that while we have recently Alastair Miller's name associated with the alleged string of assaults tied to Blood & Honour in BC, we know almost nothing about him aside from the name (and we only learned two nights ago): Second man charged in B.C. hate crimeCBC NewsPosted: Dec 12, 2011 4:08 PM PT, Last Updated: Dec 12, 2011 4:02 PM PT A second man is facing charges related to a 2009 attack in Vancouver, in which a sleeping Filipino man was set on fire.
Alastair Miller, 20, has been charged with aggravated assault, a week after similar charges were brought against Robertson de Chazal, 25, for the same incident. The attack is alleged to have occurred after a 26-year-old Filipino man from New Westminster, B.C., who had been out drinking, decided to sleep on a couch on Commercial Drive in East Vancouver.
Witnesses reported seeing three men standing over the sleeping man and spraying some type of fluid, believed to be lighter fluid or a similar accelerant, on the victim before lighting him on fire, police said at the time.
De Chazal is also facing charges related to an assault on a black man. He is alleged to have carried out that attack with Shawn MacDonald, who was charged last week for assaults on a black man, a Hispanic man and an aboriginal woman.
Miller, de Chazal and Macdonald are all believed to have ties with an internationally recognized hate group known as Blood and Honour in British Columbia.
Of course, any information our readers can provide would be helpful.
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Close this window Jump to comment formHe comes from a good family and place of privilege. He was always really wonderful in high school a musician. A scholar and a gentleman. This is not so shocking because of the people he chose to associate with. I feel a great disbelief.
This act of racism is intolerable. A frightful glimpse into the ignorance of those around us.
16 December 2011 at 19:07