70-year-old victim of random Vancouver assault says attacker body slammed him – BC [Video]

A 70-year-old man who was randomly assaulted in Vancouver last week is speaking out about the attack and says Canada needs to reform its criminal justice system.

“It was so fast, he must have rushed at me,” said the victim, who Global News is only identifying as John out of safety concerns.

The incident happened around 3 p.m. last Friday, as John was walking near Homer and West Pender streets. He had his phone and credit card out to pay for parking, and said he was only vaguely aware of a man walking in his direction.

“I think I glanced at my phone for a second, and the next thing I knew I saw this man’s face up here, but I was falling back, and he had, I think, what they call ‘body slammed’ me,” he explained.

“And as you are going down, you are thinking what is going on? …