Posted on 01/11/2024 9:28:51 AM PST by jerod
Police chief Myron Demkiw said man charged with public incitement of hatred during weekend demonstration
A Toronto man has been charged with public incitement of hatred after police allege he held a "terrorist flag" during a demonstration last weekend.
Police say the 41-year-old man allegedly waved a flag of "an organization listed as a terrorist group by Public Safety Canada" while marching through the city's downtown on Sunday.
Speaking at a Toronto Police Services Board meeting, police Chief Myron Demkiw called the charge "unprecedented," noting the "very high threshold" to charge anyone with a hate propaganda offence.
Demkiw has not confirmed what the flag depicted to the board or to the public, saying he would "not be complicit in providing a platform to both acknowledge or promote the hateful ideology."...
(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...
Agreed, I’ll expand my stated skepticism to include American “Hate Crime” accusations and woke disinformation.
Oh look… Proud Boys is on there but not BLM or AntiFa…
Cool looking flag! Too bad they exchanged it for one that looks like a kid’s poster.
I had not noticed that.
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