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Independent & Free Press (Georgetown, ON), 14 Jun 2006, p. 1

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Accused bolts from Human Rights hearing TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Special to the IFP A Canadian Human Rights Tribunal hearing in Toronto was adjourned unexpectedly Monday after the accused Georgetown man stormed out of the room, yelling and accusing a witness of slander. Craig Harrison, 40, has been accused of posting hate propaganda on a Toronto website calling for the murder of the family of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, blacks, non-whites, francophones and aboriginals. Ottawa lawyer Richard Warman, who filed the initial complaint, testified that he found 71 messages on the website http://www.freedomsite.org and he believes Harrison posted them because one of the messages referred to a crime of which Harrison had already been convicted. That website posting read: "I'm the guy who got 2 for thumpin that nigger on main street." Harrison spent two years in jail when he was convicted in 1996 of assault causing bodily harm after attacking a black man, a Georgetown shopkeeper, while shouting racial slurs. During Warman's testimony, Harrison became upset and began yelling before leaving the courtroom. "It wasn't racist, watch your language, boy," Harrison said. "That's slander, there's nothing racist about it." See LOCAL, pg. 3 Relay of Life... and love Pinky Williams, a cancer survivor, holds her great grandson Jorden on her lap as they take part in the Survivor's Victory Lap at Georgetown's first Relay For Life held at Christ the King School Friday. Jorden was representing Williams' great grandson Taylor who passed away at the age of 7 from Wilms tumor. For more photos see page 10. Photo by Sabrina Byrnes

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