{"id":4928,"date":"2020-11-19T00:17:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T05:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=4928"},"modified":"2020-11-19T00:17:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T05:17:05","slug":"anthony-gagliardi-organizer-of-hugs-over-masks-rally-in-hamilton-victim-of-police-state-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=4928","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Gagliardi, Organizer of Hugs Over Masks Rally in Hamilton, Victim of Police State Fine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/\">\n            \n          <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"416\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MASK-NEW-SYMBOL-OF-TYRANNY-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MASK-NEW-SYMBOL-OF-TYRANNY-2.png 624w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MASK-NEW-SYMBOL-OF-TYRANNY-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MASK-NEW-SYMBOL-OF-TYRANNY-2-450x300.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">                        <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthony Gagliardi, Organizer of Hugs Over Masks Rally in Hamilton, Victim of Police State Fine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lockdown protest organizer CHARGED vows to return: \u201cCome and fine me again\u201d                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\n        By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/journalist_david_menzies\">David Menzies<\/a>\n      <\/li><li>|<\/li><li>November 18, 2020<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<gure>\n\n\n\n<p><ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthony Gagliardi, 26, organized a protest for Hugs Over Masks in Hamilton on November 8&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;a demonstration that later saw the protesters march to the headquarters of the Hamilton Police Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alas, police would later have something to present to Mr. Gagliardi&nbsp;\u2014 namely, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/laws\/statute\/20r17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a ticket under the Reopening Ontario Act<\/a>. The amount? A&nbsp;<em>minimum<\/em>&nbsp;of\n $10,000, with a potential&nbsp;a maximum of $100,000! Their reason was that \nthe&nbsp;Hugs Over Masks demonstration&nbsp;exceeded the COVID-19 restricted \ngathering limit&nbsp;of 25 persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We caught up with Anthony recently in his hometown and given that he <a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpolice.on.ca\/news\/hugs-over-masks-organizer-charged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">potentially faces a financial penalty<\/a>\n of either five- or six-figures, he was remarkably nonchalant. In fact, \nAnthony says he plans to stage future Hugs Over Masks rallies, feeling \nthat it is his right to do so and he will not be deterred by the threat \nof potentially huge financial penalties.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthony&nbsp;ponders why an anti-lockdown protest is verboten in the eyes \nof the authorities yet, say, a Black Lives Matter protest receives \nglowing approval from these very same politicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others obviously feel the same way when it comes to the Wuhan virus \ndouble standard, given that Anthony says he already has legal \nrepresentation lined up who will be working pro bono on his case. His \nfirst court appearance is slated for Feb. 22, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As well, Anthony says he has no remorse for his actions, claiming \nthat it is his constitutional right to protest and that his human \nrights&nbsp;will trump any action under the Reopening Ontario Act.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s confident the charge will be thrown out when he has his day in court \u2014&nbsp;wonder if he will have to mask up that day? And rest assured <em>Rebel News<\/em> will cover this trial.&nbsp;<strong>Stay tuned!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Gagliardi, Organizer of Hugs Over Masks Rally in Hamilton, Victim of Police State Fine Lockdown protest organizer CHARGED vows to return: \u201cCome and fine me again\u201d By David Menzies | November 18, 2020 Anthony Gagliardi, 26, organized a protest &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=4928\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2587,620,2543],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4928"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4930,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4928\/revisions\/4930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}