Insurgent Information Mission Specialist David Menzies was arrested after an encounter with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) throughout a current try to query Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.
The incident happened at a memorial service commemorating the victims of Flight PS752, which was shot down by the Iranian navy 4 years in the past, the Rebel News reported.
Video footage from the scene reveals a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer purposely blocking Menzies as he tried to ask Minister Freeland questions.
“Ms. Freeland, how come the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is not a terrorist group? Why is your government supporting Islam?” requested Menzies.
Seconds later, an unnamed police officer immediately ran into Menzies, pressed him towards a wall, and declared, “You are being arrested for assault.”
The police officer alleged that Menzies had “pushed” him, but the video tells a special story. It clearly depicts the officer shifting into Menzies’ path, suggesting that the officer’s actions have been the difficulty.
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“Welcome to [Justin Trudeau]’s Canada,” Menzies stated as he was being detained. “This is what they do to journalists. I was merely trying to scrum Minister Freeland and the RCMP officer blocked me, and evidently this is a trumped-up charge of assault, folks. I came here to do my job and now I’m handcuffed.”
Menzies continued to specific his disbelief, highlighting the paradoxical scenario whereby the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps isn’t designated as a terrorist group by the Canadian authorities, but the identical administration arrests a journalist at a vigil for Canadians slain by an Iranian navy motion.
Regardless of the arrest, Menzies was not taken to jail. He was held within the police automobile and later launched, in keeping with Rebel News.
Ezra Levant, the founding father of Insurgent Information, has expressed outraged over the incident and acknowledged that authorized motion could be pursued.
“We’ve got a lawyer on the case right now. We don’t yet know if David will have to post bail or when his first court appearance will be. But we need your help.”
Levant, a former lawyer himself, together with one other prime lawyer, Guidy Mamann, are adamant about combating the cost. Levant defined that they have been conducting a follow-up report on Patrick Brown, Mayor of Brampton, who was beforehand caught by Menzies partaking in non-public hockey video games whereas public arenas have been shut down for the group.
The Insurgent Information crew claims they have been on public property conducting journalism when police ordered them to stop and depart the realm. Levant insists that this isn’t how democracy operates and that journalists have the correct to report from public areas with out undue interference.
“We intend to fight this like hell,” Levant acknowledged, “And to investigate the role of Patrick Brown, the mayor, as to why a whole squad of police cars were dispatched to arrest a peaceful journalist. That doesn’t sound like a police decision. That sounds like a political decision.”
The Insurgent Information crew is looking for help as they put together to tackle the violation of journalistic freedom and a political maneuver designed to stifle their reporting.
Levant concluded with a defiant message, “If Patrick Brown thinks that arresting David will stop us from investigating his misconduct, well, they simply don’t know David as well as I do.”
The incident has sparked a debate about press freedom in Canada.
One X person wrote, “Palestinian protesters can block roads , harass Christmas shoppers and threaten elderly white people skating at Toronto city Hall. No arrests. Only white people are arrested for daring to question authority.”
