Thread by @shovas

"“Get on the f–k ground before I TASER you. Right now!” a Calgary Police officer is seen on cellphone video screaming at a 21-year-old who...were accused of violating social distancing rules."

Never forget, Canada

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https://twitter.com/joe_warmington/status/1562475060929400833

"There were several kicks to the hockey player’s legs from the front and side as well as attempts to put him into a headlock."

"His skates were cut off while pinned to the ice for up to six minutes."

"A top junior defenceman, recruited by the NCAA’s University of Vermont, is now charged with obstructing police and resisting arrest."

"This whole thing is ridiculous and highlights disappearing rights and freedoms thanks to COVID-19 restrictions."

"The contrast of response is stark from Calgary Police officers taking a knee at a Black Lives Matter protest in June but now threatening lethal force on a skating rink."

"Not only will alleged ice bandit Ocean Wiesblatt get back on the forbidden rink in the future, he already has.

He was skating on the same Calgary sheet Saturday — something he feels is a Canadian right."

"“We have to get back control of our lives,” the 21-year-old told the Toronto Sun in an interview."

“I was being arrested for playing hockey,” he said.

“This COVID stuff is out of control.”

“It’s sad,” he said.

“We need our basic freedoms back.”