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The Ottawa Police Service has threatened to track down and charge anyone who calls either 911 or their “non-emergency number” to complain about their alleged abuse of protesters.
The Ottawa Police made the threat Saturday afternoon amid the uproar over video footage showing their officers “trampling” a woman with their horses and beating protesters.
“We know the events in #Ottawa are upsetting. Still, we’re asking people to stop calling critical emergency and operational phone lines to express displeasure about the police action to remove an unlawful assembly downtown,” they wrote.
“Lives can depend on 911 calls getting through. It is a crime to unnecessarily call 911 or our non-emergency number (613-236-1222). We track calls and will charge anyone deliberately interfering with the phone lines.”
Look:
We know the events in #Ottawa are upsetting. Still, we’re asking people to stop calling critical emergency and operational phone lines to express displeasure about the police action to remove an unlawful assembly downtown.
— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) February 19, 2022
Lives can depend on 911 calls getting through. It is a crime to unnecessarily call 911 or our non-emergency number (613-236-1222). We track calls and will charge anyone deliberately interfering with the phone lines.
— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) February 19, 2022
If they’d just referenced the 911 number, then perhaps the public would have understood. But because they also demanded that the public not bother them on their “non-emergency” line, they wound up stirring a hornet’s nest.
Look:
It’s a crime to report police brutality on a non-emergency number? Please.
— Matt Hogan ✝️ (@CNDRepublican) February 20, 2022
In what sane universe would it be a crime to call the non-emergency number??
— RAMBAUGH (@RIP_theBig10) February 20, 2022
It is not a crime to call the non-emergency line. Why don’t you quit making up the balls as you go along. You really are taking after your hero Trudeau.
— kelllzzzsss (@kelzs1) February 20, 2022
It’s not a crime to call your none emergency number what nonsense is that. The whole point of a non-emergency number is for people to call if they have questions or concerns that is not life threatening. pic.twitter.com/4XoxQPefWr
— Denise Sosa (@DeniseS0718) February 20, 2022
In fairness to the Ottawa Police, they did post the link to the Office of the Independent Police Review Director so that members of the public may file a formal complaint.
Look:
To file a complaint against police, please consult the Office of the Independent Police Review Director for information. https://t.co/iHjc4JBsGV
— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) February 19, 2022
But on the other hand, some argued that the police were in no position to be making any demands whatsoever given their alleged “#CrimesAgainstHumanity” and vowed that they’d continue calling the non-emergency line.
Look (*Language warning):
Thank God grandmother, Candy is still alive. Wishing her Divine Healing.🙏🏽✝️💖🌹
Shame on you @OttawaPolice!😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡#CrimesAgainstHumanity #CanadaTruckers #Genocide #Canada 🇨🇦#Ottawa https://t.co/KYLBb6z70A
— Tólúlop虩🇳🇬🇬🇧🇸🇱🇧🇷 (@tolusomolu) February 20, 2022
Keep calling the @OttawaPolice. They clearly didn’t get the message. https://t.co/xcMPDooRNE
— Lady_Nickeh (@Lady_Nickeh) February 20, 2022
All I hear is keep calling to complain about tyranny and Castro Jr. pic.twitter.com/halDgLG5U7
— Brian Lefevre (@BrianLefevre99) February 20, 2022
You brought it on yourself by betraying the people you were sworn to protect. Dictator Trudeau’s heavyhanded crackdown on peaceful protesters in Canada is not the action of a Western democracy, but that of an authoritarian regime like Cuba. Keep calling the non-emergency line.
— Nathan (@nate_stoker) February 20, 2022
Why are your operatives covering up their badge numbers. Are they Police from Canada? How can people make a complaint if they cannot see the numbers to report. I guess they’ll have to keep calling the emergency numbers to complain about Police Brutality.
— bitcoinbookshop (@bitcoinbookshop) February 20, 2022
In other words, keep calling. This is an assault, we’re supposed to report assaults, right?
— LoriAnn🐕🐶🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@realLoriAnn) February 20, 2022
As previously reported, during a protest Friday, a contingent of Ottawa officers on horses charged through a crowd and reportedly “trampled” an elderly woman.
At least two other troubling incidents occurred during the protest. Protest organizer Benjamin Dichter told the Toronto Sun that “one of [the] drivers had his truck windows smashed by Ottawa Police [with] guns drawn and [he was] dragged out of his vehicle by force.” Meanwhile, a protester was seen seemingly getting smashed either in the head or elsewhere on the body by the barrel end of an officer’s rifle.
Early Saturday morning, the police posted a tweet justifying their actions:
PROTESTORS: We told you to leave. We gave you time to leave. We were slow and methodical, yet you were assaultive and aggressive with officers and the horses. Based on your behaviour, we are responding by including helmets and batons for our safety. pic.twitter.com/drxfhG9clP
— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) February 19, 2022
However, their actions grew even more excessive Saturday.
“Canada police use pepper spray, stun grenades to clear protesters,” a blunt headline from Al Jazeera reads.
“Canadian police on Saturday used pepper spray and stun grenades in a final push to clear the capital of trucks and demonstrators who occupied downtown Ottawa for more than three weeks to protest against pandemic restrictions,” according to the actual story.
You won’t find many similar headlines from the Western media, which, it would appears, has chosen to frame the past few day’s events in a way designed to make the police look good:
- The Hill: “Ottawa police don protective gear, firearms arresting protesters”
- The New York Times: “Police in Ottawa Rout Truckers With a Show of Force”
- The Washington Post: “Canadian police appear to end protesters’ siege of Ottawa”
This, incidentally, is the exact of how they’d framed the deadly, violent Black Lives Matter riots of 2020 …
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