Source: Global Times New Media
Screenshot of the report
According to the New York Post reported on the 9th, the video showed that after honking the horn to support the truck driver of the "free motorcade", a diminutive 78-year-old man in Canada was pressed to the ground by the police and handcuffed. Meanwhile, this round of anti-vaccine injunction protests by truck drivers gathering in canada's capital continues.
A video that has recently gone viral on the Internet shows that Gerry Charlebois, an elderly man about 1.5 meters tall, was handcuffed by a Ottawa police officer on the 6th and forced to kneel.
A bystander asked the officer, "What did he do wrong?" The officer snapped at first, "It's none of your business, man." But the officer later told a group of onlookers who questioned him about "elder abuse": "It's a crime — honking the horn is a crime." ”
Charlie Bois was wearing pajama pants at the time and he was eventually handcuffed and handcuffed by two police officers who were much taller than him.
Protests in Canada continue, demonstrators block traffic (screenshot of the report)
The retired janitor later told the Toronto Sun that he felt "very sore" with cuts and abrasions on his arms, hands, shoulders and knees during his arrest.
Charlie Bois, a great-grandfather of 4 children and a grandfather of 11 children, told Canadian media: "I have no malice. I just gave the truck driver a thumbs up and honked my horn. ”
Charlie Bois has been vaccinated twice against COVID-19 and is not a protester either. He said he was eventually fined $118 for "unnecessary noise" and said police told him he was "in trouble by honking the horn.".
Charlie Bois told the Toronto Sun: "I was shocked. He said he was confused and very angry.
The New York Post noted that canadian police have cracked down on honking as local residents complain about one of the ways in which "free motorcade" truck drivers protested, honking. The truck drivers cordoned off major parts of the capital to protest a strict vaccination injunction.
On Monday, the day after Charlie Bois's arrest, a judge approved a temporary 10-day ban on cars not allowing cars to honk in Ontario.
Meanwhile, Gerald, one of Charlie Bois's four children, called his father's arrest "disgusting." Gerald told the Toronto Sun: "There's no need to be so rude to him... They (the police) did not appear to have arrested any of the truck drivers (in protest). ”
The "Free Fleet" protests, launched by truck drivers, were originally meant to oppose Canada's mandatory requirement for cross-border truck drivers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, but have since evolved into a rallying point for protesters against various public health measures and against the current Prime Minister Trudeau's government.
Protests in Canada continue, demonstrators block traffic (People's Vision)
After nine days of chaos, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson declared a state of emergency in the city on Feb. 6. In addition to Ottawa, there have been large gatherings and demonstrations in Canadian cities such as Toronto, Quebec City, Winnipeg and Regina.