We got some reports/comments looking for context, so I went looking. So far there is this article: https://therover.ca/montreal-police-stand-back-while-man-assaults-photographer/
There is an open investigation and the person’s identity is known to the police:
It was only after a video of the incident went viral two days later that Montreal police confirmed it was opening a hate crime investigation.
Police took the assailant’s identification and let him go. Montreal police did not immediately comment on the assault, but one police source says it’s not uncommon, in situations like these, for police to take down information first and make an arrest at a later date.
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In the absence of any formal investigation, online vigilantes believe they have found the suspect’s real identity. They linked his photo to social media accounts and a blog with headlines like “CONFRONTATION WITH ISLAMO-NAZI/NON-BINARY BARBARIANS IN MONTREAL” and “ORPHAN JEWS WESTERN CIVILIZATION UNDER SIEGE.”
The Rover was not able to reach the suspect for comment and therefore will not publish his name. But a search of his name in Quebec’s court database found criminal convictions for armed robbery, drug trafficking and assault among other crimes.
Pretty easy to find his substack by googling the titles too…
So when well people stop making excuses for Israelis and Israel.
Low key the most fucked up part of this is that he’s either recording or streaming the interaction himself, as though HE’S the fucking protagonist.
These people are pure sociopaths.
JewishZionistIt is the first thing the man says. “I am a Yahudi, I am a Zionist”.
Yahudi means Jew in Arabic.
like when you hit auto translate on a tweet entirely in hebrew
like getting flashbanged by bad vibes
crazy experience ngl
they all think they’re invincible even on camera, because they are, it seems…
Imagine thinking killing vulnerable people makes you strong
Depends what you mean by vulnerable, for example setting up a claymore in a Nazis toilet so they quite literally get ass blasted is technically killing someone at their most vulnerable. Not necessarily strong but not weak either. Though I’m being an asshole pedant right now and I fully get what you mean is disadvantaged and undefended populations and/or individuals.
I wish to give Israel the Serbia treatment.
It makes you what’s left, so by default, the strongest.
Except it’s not just them and Palestine still around. Maybe if they somehow succeed in their mission of killing everyone else they’ll be the “strongest” but right now they’re far from it.
If they manage to kill everyone else though…they kind of prove it, no?
No
We have hate speech laws here. Book ‘im Danno.
Hate speech is the least of his crimes if his words are true. He should be on trial for what he claims to have done.
I doubt it. He probably was paid by the government to do it.
Yeah this shit doesn’t fly here
It does. Illegal land sale happen in cult places and nobody is hold accountable
I’m not sure what you’re talking about.
The cops are always protecting them when they march in Toronto
Evidently, it appears to. I hope I get proven wrong.
Where do you think you are, exactly?
Really hope you people are as energetic about stopping y’know, the genocide here, in this country, that you benefit from. I’m sure you are and it isn’t just an easy performance.
Edit: lol, yup, that’s what it was. You people are spineless, only vocal about genocide when you’re comfortable knowing most people agree, then you shut up when you get something out of it. Canada is a genocidal state and always has been, shut the fuck up about wanting justice if you think there is anything just about the existence of this country.
Dude, you just discovered that the New World was in fact, dominated and colonized by Europeans? Welcome to planet earth my fine son.
In your mind, someone criticizing Canadians for their complacency in Canadian colonialism is somehow an indicator that they weren’t aware of colonialism.
You guys are so fucking easily satisfied, it’s honestly disgusting. I’ve had this community get mad at me for criticizing the US too, y’know, before suddenly you guys woke up and realized it was evil because you were now marginally effected. Same with the EU, and same with Israel.
The issue is, what the fuck do you want anyone here to do about it?
Wail and moan, cover their heads with ash, roll on the floor, pulling their hair out, grovel in contrition over something no one in this day and time had anything to do with? There’s all this rage over the past and the current bullshit that is happening in the here and now and people ARE admitting that yeah… some of us had right rotten ancestors. So… what now?
What ARE you looking for with these rancid attacks over shit we know the history of? What’s your point that we don’t already know and that many already have come to the same conclusion about?
I mean if you’re just venting, at least admit it.
Hey, bud, read the comment my original comment responded to. These dickheads assumed Canada would be a place where genocide is taken seriously. I don’t care if it makes you uncomfortable, I’m going to call out colonizer shit. These people literally just ignored the fact that Canada supports this genocide by presuming that whatever this guy is doing is punishable. If you all know your history so fucking well, you’d be more consistent.
Fuckin chud.
No country built on colonialism and supported by capitalism will take an honest, introspective look into genocide.
The best that people can work for is to vote for a government that doesn’t support or contine the tradition…
Given the absolute moral vacancy of capitalism as it’s being practiced today and basic human greed underpinning it, it’s not going to happen quickly - no matter how impatient you are, and calling it out in rancorous terms just makes people and governments dig their heels in. That is human nature.
The kind of profound societal change needed takes decades, maybe even centuries and doesn’t arrive in a burst of righteous indignation.
…basically, you can catch more flies with honey, than you can with vinegar.
What a cool stance that’s totally going to make the world better lol
You’re very mad about what you think people think.
Well, you are not making any friends with that attitude. (I am an impartial third party observer)
I back you
A place with hate speech laws obviously
Canada openly supports Israel politically and financially, it is full of white supremacists, and the state classified Hamas as a terrorist organization, this is not a country whose legal system is favourable for anti-fascism.
Hate speech laws here are also oriented around illegalizing the profit from hate speech or its promotion, not just saying bigoted shit. You guys think this started only when you started noticing?
Call them all Nazis. Then proceeds to admitting to murdering innocent people based on their race because he believes he’s part of the master race.
He really should get punched in the goddamn mouth.
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Follow the Book of Judges on him.
Then Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. Judges 1:7
The Book of Judges is biblical punishment for crimes. Soldiers had their thumbs and big toes removed. The thumbs prevented them from holding a sword again. The toes prevented them from running.
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If these fucks had been punched in the mouth a few times when they deserved it they would probably be better people.
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The police are useless and just as likely to agree with him.
The police will not “agree with him” they will follow the law. If you are so disillusioned with our justice and legal system that you advocate for vigilante violence because you are a TikTok PhD in justice then please consider moving elsewhere since Canada doesn’t play that nonsense
LMFAO, you ever seen how the police manage anti genocide protests in Canada? This guy is not going to be arrested for anything, and if he is, it’s not because of the law, it’ll only be because thousands of Canadians made a stink over it. For every guy like him there will be a thousand who get away with it.
The number is Canadian citizens who have served with with IDF since the conflict was deemed a genocide by the UN is astronomical and not a single one has been charged with crimes against humanity.
And yet we have dozens of protestors in Canada charged with crimes for merely asserting Palestine’s right to exist.
You are naive to believe our legal system will deliver justice in this situation.
Currently the fact that one served with the IDF does not qualify for “crimes against humanity” as not all IDF members are forward deployed in roles where they could commit murder. Again - we have legal process - you are shooting from the hip and giving “I spray paint FREE PALESTINE and quote Mo Chara!” vibes both of which do fuck all for Palestine as does raging on Lemmy.
Tell that to the Allied soldiers from WW2
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“Violence is never the answer” is a slogan made up by people who do horrid-yet-legal shit to others to save them some black eyes.
Call the police so that they can do the state-santioned violence? Violence is still going to happen.
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You people are hypocrites. It’s “all violence is bad” and then you want to call cops to inflict violence.
Why do you have harsher criticisms for me than for the guy screaming “I’ve killed lots of motherfuckers like you and I’m going to kill more!”
how would it be wrong?
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Put him on trial. Prepare the gallows for if his words are true. Should be that simple. Precedents from Nuremberg, Dachau, Krakow etc.
Zionists are above the law
We don’t have the death penalty in Canada nor should we be calling for anyone to be put to death for being a loudmouth asshole who is likely full of shit on the street. That’s a slippery slope. Is everyone in here like 14?
We have other punishments for harassment and hopefully someone called the cops on him.
I called for a trial to assess if his words are true, and yes, I would be okay with capital punishment for enthusiastic participation in genocide. Was Nuremberg a slippery slope?
You seem to be rushing not to take him at his word, to the extent that he shouldn’t even be investigated for it and should just be charged with harassment, even though there’s an active genocide going on and it’s entirely plausible that he has murdered numerous innocent people as a participant, and he is claiming that he has.
The harassment is obvious, but it’s trivial compared to what he claims to have done. What he claims to have done should be investigated. If true, he should face the consequences of those choices.
Fine if you disagree about capital punishment for crimes against humanity like mass murder and genocide, but there’s nothing civilized about seeing a Nazi on the street saying he’s killed many people in the camps and plans to kill more and just saying “He should really be more polite. We have rules about that.”
If he’s just a loudmouth, fine, but at least investigate his claims and prevent him from killing more people if his claims are true, whether it’s by capital punishment or by long-term imprisonment.
I don’t tend to take people who appear to be mentally ill and harassing people at their word, no. I call the police and allow our legal system to handle the matter. Canada is a country of laws and due process and not punishment based on vibes and crazy shouting.
We don’t ship schizophrenic people off to The Hague without doing a bit of due diligence first and as with most ridiculous claims people make whilst screaming in public, it’s highly likely this person is full of shit and mentally ill so maybe The Hague is bit premature. People who actually commit these types of crimes aren’t known to stand around in public shouting about them dressed like someone’s crazy ass old uncle.
Capital punishment is, in case you are not Canadian, illegal and a non-starter here. We won’t even extradite to places where it’s legal unless they provide a firm guarantee that capital punishment will not be imposed (see United States vs. Burns - Canadian Supreme Court - 2001)
This video shows someone who needs to be hauled off in a cop car and likely submitted for a psych evaluation.
The due process should be an investigation of his claims.
There is an active genocide going on, and we have participants in that genocide walking around on Canadian streets. That’s a reality. What he is claiming is entirely plausible. It’s entirely plausible that he’s one of the IDF who has murdered children, or murdered starving civilians trying to get food. Any investigation that did not assess his claims would be utterly negligent, and if his claims are true he should face consequences and be prevented from ever doing so again.
If established that his claims are true, I’m fine with either capital punishment or long-term imprisonment. I disagree with Canadian law on the application of capital punishment in circumstances such as crimes against humanity like genocide, but I’m fine with accepting Canada’s legal position.
What I’m not fine with is there being an ongoing genocide, participants in it being free in Canada, and anyone claiming to have participated in it not being investigated. You are leaning towards dismissing it based on your own premature psychological assessment and strawmanning against the point that his claims should be investigated as though it is just wild hysteria.
If he was being aggressive on the street and shouting “I beat the shit out my wife all the time and I’m going to beat her again” you wouldn’t just say “He seems a bit off. This guy’s like a crazy old uncle. Needs a bit of a psych eval” and leave it at that. You would fully expect that it should be checked whether or not he beats his wife, and if he did there should be consequences, because the shouting in public is not the most significant concern.
Remember the Canadian aid workers that got killed in Gaza? He might have killed Canadians if he did the same back when he was in service,
That man is ANTI SEMETIC! The one standing there doing nothing and NOT the One saying He’s MURDERING lots of People!
-The BBC!
When BigMacHole’s comments are nottheonion, it’s the worst.
What a sack of shit
Threathening someone with murder is a offense in most jurisdictions, no?
