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Ontario police rough up 12-year-old who was not wearing a mask in skate park, incident under investigation

Updated: April 22, 2021 at 8:57 pm EST  See Comments

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April 22, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – A Canadian provincial police force is facing an investigation after one of its members was caught on video pushing to the ground a 12-year-old boy, allegedly because he refused to put on a face mask. 

The incident took place last Sunday in Gravenhurst, Ontario. Video posted online, which has since gone viral, shows a boy being pushed to the ground off his scooter while speaking to a member of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).

In the audio of the incident, a voice can be heard saying, “he’s 12 years old” and “we are trying to leave, man,” after the boy was shoved to the ground. 

In an interview with the boy posted online by the Muskoka Post, the youth said police asked those in the skate park to put masks on, but most of them did not comply. 

“The police came by to tell us to put our masks on, and most of us did it. But I recorded a video saying, like, ‘we have a right to breathe and stuff.’ And he came asking for my identification,” the boy said. 

“And I

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