Canadian terrorism laws, which overlap with hate laws, are loosey goosey. Rarely is anyone ever charged with a terrorism crime in Canada. Hate crime charges and convictions are more frequent and perhaps a little easier to implement in such cases. Meanwhile, law enforcement rarely has the fortitude to press charges at these pro-Hamas/anti-Israel protests, even when someone is clearly showing support for Hamas terrorists by wearing a Hamas insignia and what I’d call a Hamas terrorist uniform.
In the UK they are more pro-active about these things it seems. BBC News — ‘Headband was worn in support of Hamas, judge finds’: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68902366.amp
From my posting on LinkedIn, RE: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/royce-de-melo-39172813_in-this-video-of-the-palestinian-youth-movement-activity-7308908377571565570-WT1l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAALG3h0BmCuAbEV3iAYJNZHCQ1bHqD_qO9k
In this video of the Palestinian Youth Movement protest in downtown Toronto yesterday, there is a man wearing a balaclava and green headband with the ‘Shahada” written on it in white, which is exactly a Hamas terrorist uniform. This could be seen as illegal in Canada.
If a Proud Boys innocuous polo shirt is now illegal in Canada, so is someone wearing a black balaclava and a green headband that is a virtual Hamas uniform. (And this alone tells us that these protests tend to be at their core pro-Hamas Islamist supremacist and terrorist supportive.)
So what is the Toronto Police Service going to do about it, or about anyone wearing such paraphernalia, especially this weekend with protests lined up on the 23rd? Arrest them? I have my doubts.
Is it simply that the Toronto Police Service does not want to act even when something is blatantly being shown that is of a designated terrorist group? Or is it because the police officers on hand don’t know what these symbols mean or represent?
Toronto Police Services should be learning to recognize Islamist terrorist groups’ symbols and iconography.
I can teach ’em. 😁
(By the way, it’s pathetic, ridiculous and political that the Proud Boys are designated terrorists in Canada.)
See video of Palestinian Youth Movement protest in downtown Toronto and see the man in the wearing a black balaclava and green headband with the “Shahada” written on it in white, exactly as part of Hamas uniform:
Reference UK case: See: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68902366.amp
BBC News — Headband was worn in support of Hamas, judge finds.
- Bethan Bell & PA Media
- Role,BBC News
- 26 April 2024
A man has been found guilty of wearing a headband in support of Hamas at a pro-Palestine rally in central London.
Khaled Hajsaad, 24, wore the clothing at a pro-Palestine rally in Trafalgar Square on 25 November 2023.
The green headband had the “Shahada” written on it in white – the basic statement of the Islamic faith, the court was told.
Hajsaad told police the headband was “an item of Saudi Arabia” and the Shahada was a “statement of my faith”.
He was found guilty, at the City of London Magistrates’ Court, of wearing the item “in such a way or in such circumstances as to arouse reasonable suspicion” he was supporting Hamas – an illegal act in the UK where it is designated a terrorist group.
District Judge Nina Tempia told the court: “Hamas is the most notable Palestinian group associated with the colour green… He was wearing the headband at the pro-Palestinian march, where there would be no reasons for someone to wear the headband of a Saudi flag.
“It clearly did not have the Saudi sword on it.
“I find the defendant guilty of the offence.”
Judge Tempia added: “I find the harm serious and when it happened, so soon after 7 October, it would have meant significant distress.”
Hajsaad, described as an asylum seeker who arrived in the UK a year ago, had previously entered a not guilty plea.
He is due to be sentenced on 21 June at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
–RdM