A group of protesters that demonstrated at a rally in support of Palestinians over the weekend in Toronto say a man who was protesting was injured during his arrest — which included an officer kneeling on his neck, something Toronto’s former police chief said officers are not trained to do.
/me: Checks videos… sees a VERY clear still from the video clear and unquestionably showing a police office with his knee on the neck of the man on the ground.
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/me: Checks videos… sees a VERY clear still from the video clear and unquestionably showing a police office with his knee on the neck of the man on the ground.
Ummmm… right…
Who are you gonna trust, the authorities who tell you everything you need to know or your filthy, lying eyes?
It’s an optical illusion caused by a very tiny temperature inversion in the atmosphere surrounding the event. /s
I think they just have an editorial policy about not stating the obvious when the obvious is something the courts have to rule on, legally speaking.
It’s a defence against libel.
Who let the SCP authors write headlines?