本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛警察上来就拷他，把他的头按在雪里，抓回警察局关了五个小时。放了他，没有罪证，
加拿大警察是可以随便抓人的吗？
这帮西方人他们不是老是说中国警察如何如何吗，那加拿大警察呢？， 就因为一个标语就可以被抓吗？
有录像为证的，此人就是想测试一下，加拿大到底是否是个警察国家。
结果呢。。。。加拿大是个警察国家！， 如果那天他举的是“安息主怀”的标语呢？，他也会被警察抓吗？
人民的基本人权都无法保护的警察国家！
It’s not every day you see a protester at a funeral.
But as the funeral procession for Sgt. Ryan Russell went by Tuesday there was a man holding up a sign that stated “Soldier’s Die, Electricians Die and People Die” on one side and “No Police State” on the other.
This takes some serious gall. What the hell was he thinking?
He’s either the most heartless person in Toronto. Or someone who is earnest about Canada’s rights and freedoms.
But Eric Brazau says by making this point outside Tuesday’s massive police funeral at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, all he was doing was expressing his free speech.
For that he ended up in handcuffs.
As we reported Wednesday he was arrested and taken into custody, although there is no known charge for being tasteless.
“I wanted to test if it is a police state,” Brazau said. “And what happened to me for holding that sign is the kind of thing that would happen in one.”
In my Wednesday column I said if you hold up a such sign at a cop funeral 12,500 strong, you are on your own.
But Brazau called me on this.
“Would I, Joe, have been arrested if I had been holding a sign that said ‘Rest in Peace, Hero’?” If you say no, then you have to say what is the difference?”
It’s tasteless. That’s the difference.
“It may be to some people” said Brazau, 46. “Good taste or bad taste is not the issue. Is what I did illegal? I had the right to be on that public space, expressing any view I want, just as the police were.”
One thing that was not right is what Brazau says happened to him next.
“Somebody started yelling at me, then tripped me to the ground,” he said.
From there Toronto Police swooped in and removed him from the scene in a scout car.
“They were saying stop resisting arrest but I wasn’t. I had my face rubbed in the snow and I couldn’t breath for a second,” he said. “Tell me what law I broke to deserve that?”
For the record Toronto Police say he was arrested on a “breach of the peace” citation and “because of an altercation with a bystander.”
He was removed from the area “for his own safety” and later released without charge.
Brazau said he was taken to 51 Division, held in an interview room for several hours, where he said police were very respectful before saying he was free to go.
However he is considering making a complaint on the original arrest and also urges police to look at video to consider laying an assault charge on the person who attacked him, he said.
“If I can be arrested for that sign, so can that person,” he said.
For a little context Brazau is a self-employed consultant who admits he gets stuck in trying to make fine points on issues such as freedom of speech in a public place. He even ran for city council in Ward 28 last year, garnering 526 votes on a platform with this kind of message. He insists he was not a G20 protester and has no major qualms with Toronto Police.
“I am not looking for my 15 minutes. My feeling is that was a public event and I was just expressing myself,” he said. “I lost my father when I was 10 so I do have great sympathy for the widow and the little boy. I promise this was not intended toward them.”
But Brazau feels if police are free to have an “over the top” funeral, he should be free to protest it.
“I was speaking out against the show of force,” Brazau said. “I mean this was something you might see for an emperor or something. It was an extravaganza. It was a public display and yet I was not allowed, without being arrested, to express my thoughts on it.”
Clearly, he has the right to do it.
But was it the right thing to do?更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
加拿大警察是可以随便抓人的吗？
这帮西方人他们不是老是说中国警察如何如何吗，那加拿大警察呢？， 就因为一个标语就可以被抓吗？
有录像为证的，此人就是想测试一下，加拿大到底是否是个警察国家。
结果呢。。。。加拿大是个警察国家！， 如果那天他举的是“安息主怀”的标语呢？，他也会被警察抓吗？
人民的基本人权都无法保护的警察国家！
It’s not every day you see a protester at a funeral.
But as the funeral procession for Sgt. Ryan Russell went by Tuesday there was a man holding up a sign that stated “Soldier’s Die, Electricians Die and People Die” on one side and “No Police State” on the other.
This takes some serious gall. What the hell was he thinking?
He’s either the most heartless person in Toronto. Or someone who is earnest about Canada’s rights and freedoms.
But Eric Brazau says by making this point outside Tuesday’s massive police funeral at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, all he was doing was expressing his free speech.
For that he ended up in handcuffs.
As we reported Wednesday he was arrested and taken into custody, although there is no known charge for being tasteless.
“I wanted to test if it is a police state,” Brazau said. “And what happened to me for holding that sign is the kind of thing that would happen in one.”
In my Wednesday column I said if you hold up a such sign at a cop funeral 12,500 strong, you are on your own.
But Brazau called me on this.
“Would I, Joe, have been arrested if I had been holding a sign that said ‘Rest in Peace, Hero’?” If you say no, then you have to say what is the difference?”
It’s tasteless. That’s the difference.
“It may be to some people” said Brazau, 46. “Good taste or bad taste is not the issue. Is what I did illegal? I had the right to be on that public space, expressing any view I want, just as the police were.”
One thing that was not right is what Brazau says happened to him next.
“Somebody started yelling at me, then tripped me to the ground,” he said.
From there Toronto Police swooped in and removed him from the scene in a scout car.
“They were saying stop resisting arrest but I wasn’t. I had my face rubbed in the snow and I couldn’t breath for a second,” he said. “Tell me what law I broke to deserve that?”
For the record Toronto Police say he was arrested on a “breach of the peace” citation and “because of an altercation with a bystander.”
He was removed from the area “for his own safety” and later released without charge.
Brazau said he was taken to 51 Division, held in an interview room for several hours, where he said police were very respectful before saying he was free to go.
However he is considering making a complaint on the original arrest and also urges police to look at video to consider laying an assault charge on the person who attacked him, he said.
“If I can be arrested for that sign, so can that person,” he said.
For a little context Brazau is a self-employed consultant who admits he gets stuck in trying to make fine points on issues such as freedom of speech in a public place. He even ran for city council in Ward 28 last year, garnering 526 votes on a platform with this kind of message. He insists he was not a G20 protester and has no major qualms with Toronto Police.
“I am not looking for my 15 minutes. My feeling is that was a public event and I was just expressing myself,” he said. “I lost my father when I was 10 so I do have great sympathy for the widow and the little boy. I promise this was not intended toward them.”
But Brazau feels if police are free to have an “over the top” funeral, he should be free to protest it.
“I was speaking out against the show of force,” Brazau said. “I mean this was something you might see for an emperor or something. It was an extravaganza. It was a public display and yet I was not allowed, without being arrested, to express my thoughts on it.”
Clearly, he has the right to do it.
But was it the right thing to do?更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net