Protesters on Toronto’s Avenue Road bridge, in the heart of the Jewish community, can expect to be arrested, says police chief Myron Demkiw (The Canadian Jewish News)
Protests will no longer be allowed on the Avenue Road overpass above Highway 401, Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw announced at a Police Services Board meeting on Jan. 11. The bridge is the main entrance to a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood and has been closed by police several times due to pro-Palestinian protests.
“It is unacceptable that anyone should have to feel targeted, harassed and intimidated while taking their child to daycare, while meeting an elderly parent at their home, while coming or going from their place of worship… It is unacceptable that anyone in Canada should have to feel unsafe in their own neighbourhood.
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