With the bulk of the crowds gathered near the White House for speeches, including Trump himself, workers have been boarding up BLM Plaza ahead of anticipated action later during the day.
Canadian Gavin McInnes and the Proud Boys are obviously present. McInnes got his start working for Rebel Media before launching his anti-immigrant fight club.
Just like after Charlottesville, Canadians are asking if what happened in Washington DC could happen north of the border. The tragic part is we don’t need to wonder what extremism will look like in Canada.
Canadian Ranger Corey Hurren was arrested after he drove his truck into the gates of Rideau Hall. On July 2, he allegedly carried 4 firearms & a note addressed to Justin Trudeau.
A look into his social media accounts suggests he’s a follower of QAnon. vice.com/en/article/z3e…
The day after the violence in Washington DC, Kevin Michael Hollman of Saskatoon was charged with 2nd-degree murder for allegedly killing his mother.
Social media shows he may have been a QAnon adherent & conspiracy theorist.
What appears to be Hollman's YouTube channel has posted a series of videos with titles like "Drain the Swamp" and "Adrenochrome Hops," a reference to the QAnon conspiracy theory.
On camera, he declares "I am a Trump supporter and an anti-masker." /2
Posters referencing "the Great Awakening," a QAnon concept along with the website linked to on his YouTube have shown up around Saskatoon. /3
After almost 5 years, the Law Society of Ontario has chosen to take no further action against a lawyer who advertised in the pro-Nazi, Holocaust-denying and misogynist tabloid Your Ward News. lawtimesnews.com/resources/prof…
The 2016 complaint was filed by CAHN board member Richard Warman. The committee found that the "placement of the ad was not in the public interest & inconsistent with the professionalism standards under the Rules of Professional Conduct," however, no action is being taken.
Lawyer David Faed said he was unaware of the contents of Your Ward News and chose to stop advertising with them in 2017, the same year the courts ordered its editor, James Sears, and publisher, Leroy St. Germaine, to cease publication.
Today is the #StopTheSteal rally in DC, where Proud Boys & other far-right extremists have descended on the capital in an attempt to intimidate officials into reversing the election results
We'll be adding coverage from various sources to this thread throughout the day & evening
Streams show that the crowds have reached the Capitol building. Law enforcement has reinforced their barricades with officers both in and out of riot gear.
Mace is being used at points where protesters are attacking the barriers.
New reporting has revealed a former criminal intelligence analyst for the RCMP classified New Brunswick energy protesters as “violent Aboriginal extremists” while also serving as admin on a group for current and former Mounties that included racist remarks aptnnews.ca/national-news/…
Some of the analyst’s public work focused on anti-fracking protests led by people in Elsipogtog First Nation near Rexton. APTN alleges that while Tim O’Neil was writing reports for RCMP leadership, he was also an admin on the "RCMP Mates" Facebook group aptnnews.ca/national-news/…
Previous reporting by APTN found that the 12,000 member group hosted racist comments aimed at Indigenous Peoples and other minority groups. O’Neil left after being contacted by the network, but not before advising members to delete posts “even the least bit controversial”