{"id":5517,"date":"2021-01-15T21:13:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T02:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5517"},"modified":"2021-01-15T21:25:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T02:25:03","slug":"freedom-of-speech-assembly-crushed-in-ontario-covid-police-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5517","title":{"rendered":"Freedom of Speech &#038; Assembly Crushed in Ontario COVID Police State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Freedom of Speech &amp; Assembly Crushed in Ontario COVID Police State<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hamilton police charge &#8216;Hugs Over Masks&#8217; protest organizers in two separate events<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/the-canadian-press-1.4652320\">The Canadian Press<\/a> Staff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/the-canadian-press-1.4652320?contactForm=true\">Contact<\/a> Published Tuesday, January 12, 2021 1:03PM EST <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hamilton Police\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/polopoly_fs\/1.3408299.1494470035!\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/landscape_1020\/image.jpg\" width=\"661\" height=\"371\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Hamilton police cruiser is featured in this file photo. (Andrew Collins)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SHARE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ctvnews.ca\/bellmedia\/common\/img\/share\/print-icon.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ctvnews.ca\/bellmedia\/common\/img\/share\/email-icon.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ctvnews.ca\/bellmedia\/common\/img\/share\/twitter-icon.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td><\/td><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ctvnews.ca\/bellmedia\/common\/img\/share\/reddit-icon.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ctvnews.ca\/bellmedia\/common\/img\/share\/share-icon.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>TORONTO &#8212; Hamilton, Ont., police say they have charged two organizers of an anti-mask protest group for holding events that allegedly violated public health rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police say the events were held in downtown Hamilton on Jan. 3 and Jan. 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The force alleges that 40 people attended first event and 60 attended the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/health\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/polopoly_fs\/1.4894106.1586801736!\/httpImage\/image.png_gen\/derivatives\/3x1_300\/image.png\" alt=\"COVID-19 Coverage from CTV News\" title=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/health\/coronavirus\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Full coverage at CTVNews.ca\/Coronavirus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/health\/coronavirus\/coronavirus-vaccine-tracker-how-many-people-in-canada-have-received-shots-1.5247509\">Coronavirus vaccine tracker: How many people in Canada have received shots?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/ontario-addresses-confusion-about-new-stay-at-home-rules-these-are-the-answers-to-your-top-questions-1.5264068\">Ontario addresses confusion about new stay-at-home rules. 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Here&#8217;s how<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Current provincial restrictions limit gatherings to a maximum of 10 people outdoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police say they informed the &#8220;Hugs Over Masks&#8221; organizers that the planned Jan. 10 gathering would result in charges, but they went ahead with the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They say a 27-year-old man and 38-year-old woman are facing charges under the Reopening Ontario Act that carry a minimum fine of $10,000 if convicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 12, 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freedom of Speech &amp; Assembly Crushed in Ontario COVID Police State Hamilton police charge &#8216;Hugs Over Masks&#8217; protest organizers in two separate events The Canadian Press Staff Contact Published Tuesday, January 12, 2021 1:03PM EST A Hamilton police cruiser is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5517\">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":[735,3007,3006,2543],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5517"}],"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=5517"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5520,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5517\/revisions\/5520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}