TORONTO, CANADA - Officers with the Toronto Police Department (TPD) were caught on video handing coffee to "Hamas supporters" near a Jewish neighborhood during a demonstration.
According to Fox News, the video, which has gone viral, was first posted on X by lawyer and investigative journalist Caryma Sa'd. The video clip shows a Toronto police officer carrying a box of Tim Hortons coffee and cups, and handing them to protesters.
The person receiving the items was dressed in Palestinian garb and can be heard explaining that the delivery was not sent by the police, but someone else who bought the coffee for the protesters who were at the time, attempting to have an anti-Israel demonstration on a highway overpass.
The man said, "But police won't let them in, so the police is now becoming our little messengers between us."
After going viral, the police received an outpouring of condemnation from critics alleging "preferential treatment" by the officers to those protesting against Israel compared with how Canadian law enforcement cracked down during the "Freedom Convoy" of truckers protesting COVID-19 mandates as well as some pro-life demonstrations.
TPD has responded to the criticism with spokesperson Laurie McCann saying, "In regards to the coffee post on X, our officers are managing the dynamic situation." In an email to Fox News Digital, McCann said, "Their top priority is maintaining order in a tense environment on the Avenue Road bridge."
She added, "In performing a helpful act yesterday, our officer's motivation was to help keep tensions low and should not be interpreted as showing support for any cause or group. Our officers continue to work to de-escalate these demonstrations and maintain calm and the public's safety."
The X account, @LibsofTikTok reposted the video, which was already viewed over one million times, writing, "In Canada, patriotic truckers get their bank accounts frozen while pro-Palestine protesters blocking a Jewish community get hot coffee delivered to them by police."
In another post by Rebel News publisher Ezra Levant wrote, "@TorontoPolice gives coffee and donuts to Hamas supporters. @OttawaPolice hides the identity of antisemitic hate criminals. They've both been colonized by dangerous, woke partisans." Levant added, "You cannot trust the police in most Canadian cities."
Another critic, lawyer Ryan O'Connor, shared screenshots of posts by another Toronto Police Service employee initially defending the video, saying the officers managed a "dynamic situation." O'Connor claimed, "So after a Toronto Police spokesperson, who defended the police providing taxpayer-funded coffee to protesters blockading a highway bridge and entrance to a Jewish neighborhood on the Sabbath, was criticized online, she simply deleted her Twitter account."
Prior to that post, O'Connor wrote, "Toronto Police: if you block a highway bridge containing 1 of only 3 road entrances to a neighborhood full of Jews, on the Sabbath, you can expect not to be arrested, but to get some taxpayer-funded coffee for your efforts."
According to Fox News, the video, which has gone viral, was first posted on X by lawyer and investigative journalist Caryma Sa'd. The video clip shows a Toronto police officer carrying a box of Tim Hortons coffee and cups, and handing them to protesters.
The person receiving the items was dressed in Palestinian garb and can be heard explaining that the delivery was not sent by the police, but someone else who bought the coffee for the protesters who were at the time, attempting to have an anti-Israel demonstration on a highway overpass.
The man said, "But police won't let them in, so the police is now becoming our little messengers between us."
After going viral, the police received an outpouring of condemnation from critics alleging "preferential treatment" by the officers to those protesting against Israel compared with how Canadian law enforcement cracked down during the "Freedom Convoy" of truckers protesting COVID-19 mandates as well as some pro-life demonstrations.
TPD has responded to the criticism with spokesperson Laurie McCann saying, "In regards to the coffee post on X, our officers are managing the dynamic situation." In an email to Fox News Digital, McCann said, "Their top priority is maintaining order in a tense environment on the Avenue Road bridge."
She added, "In performing a helpful act yesterday, our officer's motivation was to help keep tensions low and should not be interpreted as showing support for any cause or group. Our officers continue to work to de-escalate these demonstrations and maintain calm and the public's safety."
The X account, @LibsofTikTok reposted the video, which was already viewed over one million times, writing, "In Canada, patriotic truckers get their bank accounts frozen while pro-Palestine protesters blocking a Jewish community get hot coffee delivered to them by police."
In another post by Rebel News publisher Ezra Levant wrote, "@TorontoPolice gives coffee and donuts to Hamas supporters. @OttawaPolice hides the identity of antisemitic hate criminals. They've both been colonized by dangerous, woke partisans." Levant added, "You cannot trust the police in most Canadian cities."
Another critic, lawyer Ryan O'Connor, shared screenshots of posts by another Toronto Police Service employee initially defending the video, saying the officers managed a "dynamic situation." O'Connor claimed, "So after a Toronto Police spokesperson, who defended the police providing taxpayer-funded coffee to protesters blockading a highway bridge and entrance to a Jewish neighborhood on the Sabbath, was criticized online, she simply deleted her Twitter account."
Prior to that post, O'Connor wrote, "Toronto Police: if you block a highway bridge containing 1 of only 3 road entrances to a neighborhood full of Jews, on the Sabbath, you can expect not to be arrested, but to get some taxpayer-funded coffee for your efforts."
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Comments
2024-01-16T19:03-0600 | Comment by: Joe
It’s Canada, they’re part of the toilet bowl.
2024-01-16T21:06-0600 | Comment by: Mark
As someone in law enforcement I find this reprehensible and inexcusable. Police and Sheriff Deputies are supposed to be impartial. Like one of the other commentators says, Canada is a part of the toilet bowl. The same country storming church services like thugs during covid but looking the other way for left wing causes. These officers should be disciplined immediately.
2024-01-16T21:06-0600 | Comment by: Mark
As someone in law enforcement I find this reprehensible and inexcusable. Police and Sheriff Deputies are supposed to be impartial. Like one of the other commentators says, Canada is a part of the toilet bowl. The same country storming church services like thugs during covid but looking the other way for left wing causes. These officers should be disciplined immediately.
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