Post by TerrencePost by NefeshBarYochaiIsraeli forces opened fire at three young men in the West Bank city of
Tulkarm and prevented paramedics from reaching them for two hours
until they died.
This footage shows Israeli soldiers savagely assaulting the young men
after shooting at them.
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Bullshit.
What it shows is that at least two of them were armed with military
rifles. One of them is in plain sight at the lower left of the video.
I'm with the Israelis on this. If I'm on patrol and confronted by an
armed militant, you bet your ass I'm going to shoot them on sight.
Probably more than once.
In that situation my life is more valuable than yours. Kiss your ass
goodbye.
Agree totally with thy last 3 paragraphs Hamas free the 106 remaining hostages. Trudeau govt in Canada ban the IRG already.
RCMP Arrest Rebel News Reporter David Menzies For No Reason On Fake Charge Of Assault. Video Shows Whole Incident. Charges Dropped.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rebel-news-personality-arrested-1.7078566 Has video of the incident.
Rebel News personality arrested after an encounter with Chrystia Freeland
Charges dropped after police found 'no credible security threat,' York Regional Police say ( Greg: He was arrested for assault not for being a security threat the arresting officer should get a no pay suspension and be put on a walking beat of a sea dock. The reporter did not break the law.)
John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Jan 09, 2024 11:28 AM PST | Last Updated: January 9
Rebel News personality David Menzies was arrested by police Monday after asking Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland questions at an event to mark the downing of Flight PS752.
(Greg: Iran shot the passenger plane out of the sky killing all onboard including CDN citizens. Trudeau bans the IRG in Canada already. )
Rebel News personality David Menzies was arrested by police Monday after asking Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland questions at an event to mark the downing of Flight PS752. (Rebel News/X)
Rebel News personality David Menzies was arrested Monday for allegedly assaulting a police officer while trying to ask Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland questions about the government's decision to leave the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) off the designated terrorist entity list. (Greg: Ban it.)
The website posted a video of Menzies briefly colliding with a police officer in Richmond Hill, Ont., while trying to question Freeland about the IRGC at an event to mark the destruction of Flight PS752, a Ukrainian International Airlines jetliner that was destroyed by the Iranian military in January 2020 — an attack that killed dozens of Canadians.
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The video of Monday's encounter appears to show an officer stepping into Menzies' path while the media personality was carrying his microphone in the parking lot of a suburban strip mall. (Greg: That is what happened.)
That officer subsequently grabbed Menzies by his lapels, pushed him against a wall and accused him of assault while putting him under arrest.
"Police — you're under arrest for assault. You pushed into me, sir," the unidentified officer said. (Greg: Name the officer. The arresting officer is supposed to tell the person arrested his name.)
WATCH | Rebel News personality arrested while trying to question Chrystia Freeland:
Video shows police arresting Rebel News personality David Menzies as he attempts to ask Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland questions about why the government hasn't designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity . (Video courtesy Rebel News)
"I didn't touch a single person," Menzies said in response.
"This is a trumped-up charge of assault, folks. I didn't come here to cause any trouble. I came here to do my job and now I'm handcuffed. This is your Canada now, folks. This is the gestapo taking blackface's orders," Menzies continued — an apparent reference to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who also participated in the event.
Menzies asked the officer for his name and badge number but answers to those questions — if they were provided — aren't audible on the tape.
The officer in the video was later identified by a York Regional Police attendee as a member of the RCMP protective detail.
"The arrest of the Rebel News reporter was made by the prime minister's RCMP security detail. York Regional Police officers assisted as the interaction took place in our region," the investigator said.
"It was determined that no credible security threat exists and the subject was released unconditionally shortly thereafter."
Rebel News personality David Menzies questions Finance Minister Chrystia Freelan
Menzies questions Freeland at the event marking the destruction of Flight PS752. (Rebel News/X)
A reporter for the RCMP said "protective policing resources were involved in an incident while deployed on a protective operation."
"The RCMP is looking into the incident and the actions of all parties involved. No further comment is available at this time," the attendee said.
Freeland, who has been the target of threats and tension public confrontations in the past, is regularly monitored by police for her safety. (Greg: Yes she has been targeted and yes she needs police protection but the police are to follow the law. Media or even Jagpal Athlete or Tim Coffeedrinker have every right to ask well paid political elected officials questions they don't have the right to touch them of block their intended route of progress.)
Previous run-ins with police
The finance minister ignored Menzies' questions and did not say anything as the arrest unfolded.
Menzies is a provocative figure who has had run-ins with police and security services in the past — including an apprehension by Trudeau's protective detail at a Toronto event in 2021.
Menzies was also arrested for a 2021 encounter with now Conservative Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman in Thornhill, Ont.
Lantsman, who is a lesbian, said Menzies' questions "became homophobic and related to my sexual orientation."
Menzies was also removed from a 2019 campaign event for then-Conservative leader Andrew Scheer.
An RCMP officer removes Menzies during a campaign stop for then-Conservative leader Andrew Scheer at the Abilities Center in Whitby, Ont., on Sept. 30, 2019. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)
Rebel News widely shared video of the latest incident, advertising "SHOCK FOOTAGE" on its website.
"Chrystia Freeland's bodyguards assault and arrest David Menzies when he asked her a question," said a headline on the website.
"The police lied about the assault. They're the ones who assaulted him," the website mentioned in its post about the incident. (Greg: That is correct.)
According to data from X, formerly Twitter, parts of the video have been seen by millions of social media users.
Rebel News founder considers legal action
Reached by email Tuesday, Ezra Levant, the founder and owner of Rebel News, said he and Menzies are considering legal action against the police for what transpired.
"We have not yet finalized our legal strategy, but at this point I would expect that we will sue both the RCMP and the York Regional Police, as well as Chrystia Freeland, for false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution and assault," Levant told CBC News. (Greg: They have that right a simple apology a we won't do this again and $50k should be adequate punishment for the feds.)
WATCH | Hear what the Power Panel had to say:
The political optics around the arrest of Rebel News employees | Power & Politics
1 day ago
Duration16:15
The Mounties are facing criticism for arresting Rebel News personality David Menzies as Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland arrived at an event Monday. Charges were later dropped after police found 'no credible security threat,' York Regional Police said. The Power Panel weighs in on the political optics of the arrest.
"This government bound will have unlimited public resources, whereas we take no public funds. Therefore we will crowdfund David's litigation."
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre condemned the arrest, reposting a video of the incident with the message: "This is the state of freedom of the press. In Canada. In 2024. After eight years of Trudeau."
Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu, the party's civil liberties critic, said in a media statement she wants the House of Commons heritage committee to be recalled from its winter break to study the matter and "demand transparency and accountability" regarding Menzies' arrest.
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