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Trudeau’s Gestapo?


As most of you regular readers should know by now … I am a big backer of the police. I assume if I lived in Canada, I would also be a backer of the Canadian police … until today when I viewed a video of two policemen in Ottawa manhandling a 78 year old very short old man. Not only was the initial pushing of the old man up against the side of his car unnecessary, but the following hammerlock by the Ottawa police officer was also not necessary. The law breaker was 4foot ten inches tall, and his head came up to the chest of the “I am in power here” tall face-masked officer. I watched the video a few times and at no time did I see any hint of resistance from the great grandfather even when his arms were both forced behind his back. The behavior of the policeman was atrocious, but it actually got worse as the retired janitor then was placed in handcuffs with his arms twisted behind his back, by the two young virile police officers. 

The entire episode could have ended reasonably if the second Ottawa police officer had stepped in and brought some sanity to the situation. The behavior of the first aggressive macho police officer was obviously over the top, but what did macho-man officer number two do? He told the crowd (two individuals) to stand back, and then he helped number one secure the two handcuffs on the old man before he was led away.

By this time you may be asking what serious offense did the old man commit to warrant such outlandishly aggressive police response? Murder? Armed robbery? Assault and battery?

Are you ready for this?

According to a report from the Toronto Sun, 78-year-old Gerry Charlebois was driving near the main Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa when he saw a trucker. Charlebois said he honked his horn and showed the trucker the thumbs-up hand gesture out of respect for the ongoing protests.

“I meant no harm,” Charlebois told the outlet. “I just gave the trucker a thumbs-up and a honk.”

Honking, however — as the officer in the video made painfully clear — is not permitted and, in Charlebois’ case, resulted in a $118 bylaw ticket for “unnecessary noise.” Thus far marginally reasonable, but the assault the followed, not even close to marginally reasonable!

Charlebois said he suffered several abrasions and contusions as a result of the detainment.

“I’m so sore,” he told the outlet, showing off cuts and bruises across his arms, hands, shoulder, and knee. “It hurts so much.”

Canadian journalist Joe Warmington shared footage of the exchange and tweeted, “I spoke with him. He’s in pain. He’s 4 foot 10. A retired janitor with 11 grandkids, 4 great grandkids. If this disgraceful treatment of a 78 year old for honking his horn and a thumbs up to a trucker is acceptable to @JustinTrudeau @fordnation @JimWatsonOttawa no one is safe.”

2/10/22

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