Authoritarian Chic? NY Times Supportively Floats Trudeau Deploying Troops on Protests
As the protesting Canadian truckers’ blockade over vaccine mandates enters its third week, the New York Times remains breezily supportive of their socialist dreamboat Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his authoritarian crackdown on COVID protests, including even the deployment of troops.
Justin’s Calvary …
Police in Ottawa ram into protesters on horseback and then charge at protesters. pic.twitter.com/dqa3rJW1TN
— Marie Oakes (@TheMarieOakes) February 18, 2022
Andrew Lawton Pepper Sprayed By Police
Police just pepper sprayed me. I was several feet away from their front line and had obeyed every order to move back. pic.twitter.com/A43nQNEvDI
— Andrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton) February 18, 2022
The police advance moments before I was maced. pic.twitter.com/w7gQHwbQO6
— Andrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton) February 18, 2022
The CIA Got Caught Spying On Americans Again. It’s Time For Congress To Make Them Stop
The CIA’s surveillance authorities need to be sharply curtailed and the market for third-party data restructured or eliminated entirely.
Doxing Day in Canada
In Canada, first the doxing, then the struggle session.
This week, one of the most popular small-donor fundraising sites for the Canadian truckers protesting the COVID vaccine mandates, GiveSendGo, was hacked. The names of donors were shared with the public. We know about this mostly because erstwhile news organizations, such as Reuters, have showered attention on the breach as if they were providing a public service.
The Men Who Killed Ahmaud Arbery Were Convicted of Murder. Now They Are on Trial for Racism.
According to the Supreme Court, this second prosecution does not amount to double jeopardy, because the state and federal crimes, defined by two different “sovereigns,” are not “the same offense.” But since Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William Bryan are already serving life sentences, you might wonder why the federal government is bothering to prosecute them again.
The answer seems to be that the Justice Department wants to condemn them as racists as well as murderers. “This is the kind of case you really need to do to send the message that the Justice Department won’t tolerate this type of racist hatred that results in violence,” former federal prosecutor Shan Wu told The Washington Post. Federal prosecutors are using the trial to make a moral statement about the defendants’ beliefs, which is not ordinarily seen as a legitimate function of criminal courts.
Police make at least 70 arrests in Ottawa, say operation to run ’24 hours a day’ if needed
Large numbers of police officers are moving in on protesters in downtown Ottawa and making arrests — including high profile organizers Tamara Lich, Chris Barber and Pat King — during an intense clash with the demonstrators who have so far refused to leave the area.
Ottawa police say they have made 70 arrests as of Friday afternoon and towed at least 21 vehicles.
During a Friday afternoon press conference, Interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell called the plan to move in on protesters “methodical” and well thought out, noting officers had control of the situation on the ground.
Trudeau’s Prohibition on Protests Exempts Refugees, Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities
Justin Trudeau’s crackdown on protests under an Emergencies Act order specifically exempts refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants and other ethnic minorities.
h/t JH
Kim Potter, who killed Daunte Wright, sentenced to 24 months, fine on manslaughter convictions
Former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter was sentenced to 24 months and a fine of $1,000 on Friday, Feb. 18 following her conviction in the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot during a traffic stop.
Potter will serve 16 months in prison and the remaining eight months on supervised release, a sentence far below what the prosecution sought. Judge Regina Chu said this case was “highly unsual”
“This is one of the saddest cases I have had in my 20 years on the bench,” Chu said when delivering the sentence. “Officer Potter made a mistake that ended tragically, but she never intended to hurt anyone.”
I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff!
Police are now breaking into protesters' vehicles as a measure to deal with dissenting Canadians in Ottawa.
Is this really about a virus?pic.twitter.com/tQ1NVsXZn1
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) February 18, 2022
You just can’t make this up. The timing is exquisite.
You just can’t make this up. The timing is exquisite. https://t.co/QZiq0SiOXf
— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) February 18, 2022
Blue State Blues: Justin Trudeau, Third World Authoritarian
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showed this week that it’s not only African countries that need to worry about collapsing into authoritarianism.
His decision to invoke emergency powers simply to deal with protests that have been almost entirely peaceful was completely without justification, and was based partly in the fervent desire of an urbane cultural elite to assert its political power against a working-class, rural lumpenproletariat.
High-level Facebook staffer allegedly caught in amateur child sex sting operation
Exclusive: High-level Facebook staffer allegedly caught in amateur child sex sting operation
A live stream video posted on YouTube on Feb. 16 by “Predator Catchers Indianapolis” purports to show Meta/Facebook Manager of Community Development Jeren Andrew Miles, of Palm Springs, Calif., being caught in a child sex sting in Columbus, Ohio.
Trudeau’s Canada…
An Ottawa Police Officer Beats and Knee Thrusts an Already-Wounded Man to the Ground
"Just Following Orders" pic.twitter.com/QENbjWuhvA
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) February 18, 2022