Toronto police lay hate-crime charge against protester over ‘terrorist’ flag (The Globe and Mail)
Toronto police have taken the rare step of charging a protester with a hate crime after accusing a man of marching in the city’s downtown while waving the flag of a group Ottawa has declared a terrorist organization – with the force also saying it will now treat some demonstrations as crimes.
Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, vice-president for the GTA region at the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said her group had been in talks with Chief Demkiw, arguing that protests related to the continuing war “target the Jewish community.”
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