On Friday, Rebel News journalist David Menzies was arrested while trying to interview participants 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.”
Rebel News reports:
What emerged was a blatant disregard for civil liberties.
But David fully respected the law. He submitted his identification upon request. We have everything on camera.
However, he was summarily arrested and jailed for exercising his right to document a public demonstration.
This is a shameful breach of press freedom and independent journalism where no crime has been committed and another example of the two-tier policing that takes place every weekend.
BREAKING: Toronto police just arrested David Menzies (@TheMenzoid) for reporting a demonstration of hatred against Hamas!
When he tried to interview a Hamas protester, the police arrested him.
Watch this madness 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 had been 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 tries to ask questions of Minister Freeland.
I waited in prison after midnight for our reporter David Menzies to be released. THE @TorontoPolice brought two criminal charges against him.
We will fight them and win.
And then we’ll sue the police and win.
Please help me https://t.co/BHTruvhJfV.pic.twitter.com/JyVeEE3EZz
—Ezra Levante (@ezralevant) March 16, 2024
Watching David Menzies arrested in Toronto simply for doing his job as a journalist brings back chilling memories of my father’s ordeal in the former Yugoslavia under a communist regime, where his rights were trampled upon for speaking out. We must be vigilant against all forms of…
— Susan Katana Cork (@susancork) March 16, 2024