Toronto Police have received heavy backlash after video footage showed police officers hand-delivering coffee to anti-Israel protestors.
What is significant here is that Canadian police did not respond warmly to the “Freedom Convoy” of truckers who were protesting against COVID-19 mandates.
Watch the video here:
Canadian police are delivering free coffee and food to anti-Israel protesters outside a Jewish community in Armour Heights, Toronto.
Rewarding TERRORIST supporters with coffee? THIS IS SICK! pic.twitter.com/OXWgyNYtI8
— Hananya Naftali (@HananyaNaftali) January 7, 2024
Certainly, you won’t even find the police giving the same treatment to pro-Israel demonstrators.
When will Toronto Police be delivering the coffee and donuts?
— Anti-Taxxer (@colossusPhD) January 7, 2024
The folks at Fox News have more on the story:
Toronto police have responded to a now-viral video showing officers delivering coffee to an anti-Israel protester during a recent demonstration.
ADVERTISEMENTThe video, initially shared on X by lawyer and investigative journalist Caryma Sa’d, shows a Toronto police officer carrying a box of Tim Hortons coffee and cups and handing them to protesters. The recipient, dressed in Palestinian garb, explains the delivery was not sent by the police, but someone else who bought the coffee for the protesters attempting an anti-Israel demonstration on a highway overpass. “But police won’t let them in, so the police is now becoming our little messengers between us,” the man says.
The clip received an outpouring of condemnation online from critics alleging preferential treatment by police to those protesting against Israel, contrasted with how Canadian law enforcement has cracked down in the past on the “Freedom Convoy” of truckers protesting COVID-19 mandates, as well as some pro-life demonstrations.
Reached by Fox News Digital Sunday, Toronto Police Service spokesperson Laurie McCann said, “In regards to the coffee post on X, Our officers are managing a dynamic situation.”
The folks on X have not responded to the situation well:
#Canada 🇨🇦 is definitely #Communist
Police arrested truckers who protested mandates with the #FreedomConvoy 2 years ago but are handing coffee to #Hamas supporters who support terrorism and are protesting in #Toronto pic.twitter.com/xnwTaNCrsp
— (Jason) Stands For Truth (@TrueJMitchell) January 7, 2024
The Jerusalem Post shares more on the story:
A Canadian member of Parliament, Marco Mendicino, criticized the police’s actions. While police claimed they were trying to diffuse the situation and “keep tensions low,” MP Mendicino added that police intentions just contributes to the problem.
“Good intentions aside, police serving coffee and food to protestors will just embolden more deliberate obstruction of traffic, undermine public safety, and add to local frustrations,” he posted on X. “Laws exist to prevent this. They need to be enforced!”
In a statement to Canadian media, B’nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn called the officer’s actions “absurd” and “comically naive.”
“Welcome to 2024, where the City of Toronto’s latest political strategy appears to be the encouragement of further lawlessness, escalation and antisemitism, all with a friendly face,” he said in a statement.
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The amount of support that a terrorist organization has received is dumbfounding.
It truly shows the intellect of those on the left.
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