Vaughan liquor store last weekend were likely initiated over a suspected Bud Light purchase, police say.York Regional Police issued a news release about the incident, which happened at around 8:30 p.m.
Saturday.A man and a woman were allegedly accosted by several males outside of a store located in the Jane Street and Major Mackenzie Drive West area.“One of the suspects commented on the male victim’s choice of alcohol and uttered anti-homosexual derogatory slurs as he approached the victim,” police said in a news release.A police spokesperson told Global News the suspect commented on what they thought was a Bud Light purchase.“But it wasn’t.
He actually didn’t have Bud Light,” the spokesperson said, later noting the recent controversy surrounding the beer brand.“I guess there were some rainbow colors on the cans and so it was initiated that way … Then upon further determination as to what they purchased, they still weren’t happy with that.
Let’s just put it that way. And the insults continued.”A brand deal between Bud Light and transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney triggered loud anti-trans backlash online earlier this year.