{"id":5890,"date":"2021-02-27T00:47:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T05:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5890"},"modified":"2021-02-27T00:51:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T05:51:09","slug":"the-medico-stalinist-tyranny-in-toronto-toronto-police-target-protesters-holding-signs-megaphones-at-anti-lockdown-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5890","title":{"rendered":"The Medico-Stalinist Tyranny in Toronto: Toronto police target protesters holding signs, megaphones at anti-lockdown rally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>The Medico-Stalinist Tyranny in Toronto: Toronto police target protesters holding signs, megaphones at anti-lockdown rally<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/toronto_police_target_protesters_holding_signs_megaphones_at_anti_lockdown_rally?utm_campaign=rb_2_26_21&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=therebel\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\\When I visit Toronto\u2019s Yonge-Dundas Square or Queen\u2019s Park these days, I can only think of nature films. You know, those videos that document a pride of lions on the African Serengeti, stalking a massive herd of wildebeest. But even for the king of the jungle, a wildebeest makes for a formidable opponent, and so it is that these big cats patiently observe the herd, looking for the old, the young, the sick and the injured. Easy pickings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/toronto_police_target_protesters_holding_signs_megaphones_at_anti_lockdown_rally?utm_campaign=rb_2_26_21&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=therebel\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And that\u2019s kind of what we\u2019re seeing in Hogtown these days when it comes to anti-lockdown protests, with the demonstrators playing the role of the prey, and the rank and file of the Toronto Police Service in the role of the predators. Except the cops aren\u2019t looking for the sick and the weak \u2014 they are cherry-picking those who have big mouths \u2014 you know, people carrying signs or barking into megaphones. Those are the demonstrators who tend to get arrested and tossed in paddy wagons, because apparently, being a \u201cbig mouth\u201d is strictly verboten in Tyrant Tory\u2019s Toronto, even though it is a&nbsp;<em>Charter<\/em>&nbsp;right to be vocal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so it was that we returned to the snow-covered lawns of Queen\u2019s Park to see which members of the herd would get arrested by those predators wearing police badges. And true to form, those with flags or signs, or who were simply voicing their opinions, were the ones the police descended upon and ticketed and arrested and tossed in paddy wagons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was, in a word, disgraceful. Especially considering these very same police officers&nbsp;<em>took part<\/em>&nbsp;in Black Lives Matter demonstrations last summer by bending the knee in solidarity with the demonstrators. Same place, same virus, same police. But apparently if one espouses a different political mindset, the &#8216;new normal&#8217; rules when it comes to the Wuhan virus safety protocols do not apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, welcome to the hypocritical double standard that now thrives in John Tory\u2019s Toronto in 2021. But please, folks, never forget: \u201cWe\u2019re all in this together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/POLICE-CANT-JUSTIFY-THEIR-ACTIONS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/POLICE-CANT-JUSTIFY-THEIR-ACTIONS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/POLICE-CANT-JUSTIFY-THEIR-ACTIONS.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/POLICE-CANT-JUSTIFY-THEIR-ACTIONS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/POLICE-CANT-JUSTIFY-THEIR-ACTIONS-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Medico-Stalinist Tyranny in Toronto: Toronto police target protesters holding signs, megaphones at anti-lockdown rally \\When I visit Toronto\u2019s Yonge-Dundas Square or Queen\u2019s Park these days, I can only think of nature films. 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