Violent attacks in Vancouver push issues of crime and drugs to forefront of municipal election


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Harold Johnson, seen on Aug. 17, is a former firefighter who now patrols the Downtown Eastside as a security guard. He was attacked on the job a few days before this photo was taken.Nancy Macdonald/The Globe and Mail Doctors have told Harold Johnson they can’t repair the broken bones in his cheeks. They shattered in too many places when a stranger assaulted him. The former firefighter, who has been patrolling Vancouver’s Chinatown as a security guard for more than 20 years, also suffered a broken nose, head trauma and an eye injury. It happened on Aug. 12, after Mr. Johnson,...