China News Service, February 21 (Meng Xiangjun) Blocking traffic, ignoring car horns, setting off fireworks, refusing to leave... Canadian truck drivers' anti-vaccine demonstrations were cleared after more than 20 days.

  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused to meet the demonstrators and launched the "Emergency Act" "hard to hard". The capital Ottawa police began to clear the scene on the 17th local time.

  Hundreds of officers and mounted police were called out, and dozens of protest trucks were towed away by trailers.

  There were physical clashes between the police and the protesters, and the resisters were pressed to the ground with their hands tied behind their backs, and some policemen even "kneeled and pressed" the demonstrators.

This can't help but remind people of the death of Floyd, an African-American man, who was "kneeled and pressed" by the police.

In the end, more than 190 people were arrested.

  After a weekend, the noisy Ottawa has calmed down a lot.

  However, around the police clearance, there was a "big debate" on the Internet...

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Ma treads on the old woman, netizens are angry

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Ottawa dispatched mounted police to clear the area.

Image source: Screenshot of Twitter video.

  The argument comes from a video leaked from the demonstration site.

The video shows the Canadian Mounted Police clearing the area.

  The video shows that when the police lined up on horses with high heads, they knocked over two demonstrators to the ground, and the horses’ hooves stomped over them at close range.

Two people were knocked over as Canadian Mounted Police horses passed by.

The man covered his face with his arms.

Image source: Screenshot of a Twitter user's post.

  One of the people who fell to the ground was an old woman in red.

Knocked down by the mounted police was an elderly Canadian woman who called herself a peaceful protester.

Image source: Screenshot of the Twitter page.

  The other is a hooded man in a tan jacket.

A man wearing a yellow-brown jacket was pushed over as he stood close to the police.

Image source: Screenshot of the Twitter page.

  After the old woman fell to the ground, the videographer shouted nervously to the mounted police: "My God, look what you did to her? What did you do to her? You (on horses) trampled on this lady, Shame on you!"

  The video sparked heated discussions, and this picture showing the Canadian Mounted Police "horses stepping on demonstrators" quickly spread online.

A netizen sarcastically said, "Studies have shown that being trampled by mounted police horses can prevent the new crown."

Image source: Screenshot of the Twitter page.

  Netizens were outraged and criticized the Canadian police for ignoring human rights and ignoring people's lives.

[Police clarifies that the effect is counterproductive]

  Faced with the accusations, Ottawa police had to come out twice to post.

It first said: "No one was seriously injured or killed in any police operation today. Safety is our number one priority."

Ottawa Police issued a clarification.

Image source: Screenshot of Twitter post.

  Later, the police said, after the mounted police dispersed the crowd, "all the people who fell stood up and walked away."

"We are not aware of any injuries. A bicycle was thrown at the horse's feet, causing the horse to trip. The horse was not injured." Police said there were also instances of people trying to trip the horse elsewhere.

Ottawa police tweeted that "the horse was uninjured."

Image source: Screenshot of Twitter post.

  The Ottawa police think they have clarified, but netizens are even more angry. Why is this?

  One of the reasons is that some netizens believe that the police specifically mentioned in the statement that the horse was not injured, and "concerns more about the safety of the horse than the safety of people", which further shows the police's attitude of ignoring human rights.

Netizen: Ottawa police are more worried about horses... Image source: Screenshot of Twitter comments.

  The second reason is the perception that Mounted Police use horses as "weapons", which undermines animal rights.

  The third reason is that the police believed that "a bicycle was thrown at the horse's feet, causing the horse to trip over", which was "slapped in the face" by netizens.

Netizens analyzed that the "bicycle" that the police referred to was actually an elderly walker used by the old woman who was hit.

  Netizens pointed out that the old woman was inconvenient to move and was knocked down by the police, but the police tried to perfunctory and took the blame. This statement is disgusting, and the police's actions are completely violent.

Netizens said: The bicycle that the Canadian police said is actually a walker for the elderly... There is no need to dispatch the mounted police, in addition, this is very cruel to animals.

Image source: Screenshot of Twitter comments.

  There is another reason for the intensification of the online "controversy"-an American media person posted that the old woman who was trampled "died to death after being sent to the hospital".

[US media and politicians apologize after spreading rumors]

  Since the video didn't show the old woman's next step, many people were concerned about her physical condition.

  At this time, American Fox News contributor Sara Carter (Sara Carter) published the news about the death of the old woman, and added "Trudeau" and "Freedom Canada" and other labels.

Carter's Twitter account has 1.3 million followers, and word spread quickly.

Fox News contributor Sarah Carter.

Image credit: Screenshot from Fox News.

  Some U.S. politicians also added fuel to the flames.

U.S. right-wing conservative congressman Ted Cruz retweeted Carter's tweet, further escalating the incident.

  However, the death of the old woman was soon confirmed to be a rumor.

The elderly woman was indeed pushed over by the troopers. She suffered shoulder pain but was not life-threatening.

  Carter and Cruz had to apologize online.

Fox News contributor Sarah Carter issued a clarification and apology.

Image source: Screenshot of Twitter post.

  Carter's reputation as a self-proclaimed "award-winning reporter" has taken a nosedive.

She apologized, saying, "It was someone who was taken to the hospital for a heart attack, not a horse trampling, and I...apologise for any confusion caused."

  Cruz deleted the retweeted Carter's post and tried to excuse himself, saying the reporter who first reported it "now says it was wrong."

  He also said he was "deeply concerned" by the "confiscation of money and violence against protesters" by Canadian authorities.

U.S. Republican Congressman Ted Cruz "admitted wrong" after retweeting the rumor.

Image source: Screenshot of Twitter post.

  Netizens didn't buy it at all. Some people pointed out that Carter and Cruz had a "dark history" before, and Carter had concocted false news about the new crown epidemic before; Ted Cruz, as a politician, gives the impression that "often amplifies rumors" ".

"Fake news is eroding the very foundations of our democracy".

  It was also pointed out that not only Cruz, but other American Republicans are also spreading false news, "someone is coordinating their Twitter."

Netizens commented that Fox media people who do not live in Canada spread fake news to more than 1 million fans.

Fake news is eroding the foundations of democracy.

Image source: Screenshot of Twitter post.

【Things are not easy!

  In short, although she did not die, the old woman at the demonstration site in Canada was indeed violently treated by the police.

  Ottawa's acting police chief said those arrested at the current demonstration face 389 different criminal charges, including obstructing police, disobeying a court order, assault, causing trouble, possessing a weapon and assaulting a police officer.

Among the demonstrators, there are ordinary people whose livelihoods have been affected, as well as the participation of other forces.

  Canadian Foreign Minister Jolly accused "foreign interference" of fueling the demonstrations.

But when asked by reporters if she was referring to former U.S. President Donald Trump, Jolly said she would not name anyone.

Data map: Former US President Trump.

  More recently, Trump has publicly supported protesting Canadian truck drivers, welcoming them to the U.S. with "open arms" and even criticizing Trudeau directly.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned that a convoy of trucks could start protesting in California and travel across the U.S. toward Washington by mid-March at the latest.

  It was previously disclosed that half of the funds for the demonstrators came from the United States.

Ottawa police say 206 bank and business accounts have been frozen, with a financial institution freezing a "payment services processor" account with $3.8 million.

  In any case, whether it is Canada or the United States, all kinds of chaos have exposed the real human rights situation in Western countries.

This is a far cry from the world that Western politicians advertise as having "freedom and human rights"!

In addition, the credibility of some politicians and the media, just like their face, is running out... (End)