Fri Feb 11, 2022 – 10:49 am EST
OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — An Ottawa police officer was caught on video restraining and arresting an elderly man after he was pulled over for merely honking his horn in support of the Freedom Convoy protest.
In a widely-circulated video clip, a short-statured elderly man can be seen being physically restrained and arrested by a much larger Ottawa police officer, as onlookers film the encounter and accuse the two officers present of being complicit in “communism.” According to statements made by the police in the footage, the encounter started after the man was pulled over for honking his horn.
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As the video starts, the old man can be heard shouting expletives as the officer directs him to the rear of his vehicle. The man mentions that the interaction started because he “tooted the horn” and the police officer agrees by affirming “that is why you’re pulled over.”
The person filming the video decries the occurrence as the enforcement of “communism,” while saying that honking the horn is not an “offense,” at which point the officer says he is wrong and that it is “an offense to beep
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