On Friday, Rebel News reporter David Menzies was arrested while trying to interview attendees at a Pro-Hamas rally in Toronto, Ontario.
According to Rebel News, the arrest comes just days after the announcement of David’s lawsuit against the RCMP “for a pattern of intimidation and exclusion following shocking displays of police brutality against David.”
What transpired was a blatant disregard for civil liberties.
But David was in full compliance with the law. He presented his identification upon request. We have it all on camera.
Yet he was summarily apprehended and confined for exercising his right to document a public demonstration.
This is an outrageous infringement of freedom of the press and independent journalism where no offence was carried out at all and another example of the two-tiered policing that takes place every weekend.
BREAKING: Toronto Police just arrested David Menzies (@TheMenzoid) for reporting on a Hamas hate rally!
When he tried to interview a Hamas protester, police grabbed him.
Watch this insanity — and help us fight back.https://t.co/HusmT5E0sC pic.twitter.com/Erh45zZC7K
— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) March 16, 2024
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In January, The Gateway Pundit reported that Menzies was arrested after an encounter with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) during a recent attempt to question Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.
Video footage from the scene shows a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer purposely blocking Menzies as he tried to ask Minister Freeland questions.
I waited at the jail past midnight for our reporter David Menzies to be released. The @TorontoPolice laid two criminal charges against him.
We will fight those and win.
And then we will sue the police and win.
Please help me https://t.co/BHTruvhJfV.pic.twitter.com/JyVeEE3EZz
— Ezra Levant (@ezralevant) March 16, 2024
Watching David Menzies being arrested in Toronto for simply doing his job as a journalist brings back chilling memories of my father’s ordeal in former Yugoslavia under a communist regime, where his rights were trampled for speaking out. We must stand vigilant against any form of…
— Susan Katana Cork (@susancork) March 16, 2024
