Storm Eunice making for some interesting landings today.
UhâŚ8 hour video? Letâs gooooooooodosomethingelseâŚ
The âgoodâ bits, meaning go-arounds and horribly sideways landings, are around midday-ish. I found the commentary tooth-gratingly annoying and streamed it with the sound off.
Just like to point out that this misleading tweet by the NYT has been ripped apart by every single one of the, as of my counting, five thousand replies.
Now, Iâve seen some beatings, but nothing like this for sheer consistency.
So, no, they did not. Watching the protests on the protesters own livestreams, they were moved on or arrested without guns being pointed. The NYT themselves corrected their own misleading story.
Here is the NYTimes story.
No such correction has been made. The article also contains photos showing officers pointing firearms into a camper, as well as mounted officers trampling two protesters. Based on what Iâve seen from live feeds of people on site, the NY Times account should not be dismissed out of hand. Especially by journalists who are basing their tweeted responses on Canadian TV.
Thatâs the lead paragraph. They have corrected it.
So donât try and back up the NYTâs nonsense, that they have since corrected, with a tweet from a right-wing grifter.
The article also contains photos showing officers pointing firearms into a camper,
A camper is a protester now?
as well as mounted officers trampling two protesters.
Irrelevant, but very funny.
Second, third, and fourth paragraphs:
Starting about 10 a.m., police advanced on trucks that had been parked on Wellington Street, the thoroughfare in front of the Parliament building, drawing guns on some vehicles and banging on doors as they searched for any people inside. They arrested several as other demonstrators shouted âShame on you!â from nearby. In the heart of the main encampment on Saturday, the police pushed people back with batons and irritant spray and made more arrests.
One demonstrator, David Paisley, a HVAC technician who has spent the protest broadcasting updates from a fishing shack on the back of a flatbed truck known as âthe shed,â described the moment an officer entered the vehicle to arrest him.
âHe had a big military rifle, he pointed right at my chest, he yelled at me to get down, on the ground,â said Mr. Paisley, 33, who captured the moment of his arrest on a recorded livestream. âIt was like a movie scene.â
Twitter claims that the NY Times is âcorrectingâ this story appear to be misinformation, if not outright wishful thinking. Sarah Maslin Nir stands by her article.
Iâm not trying to take any side on this, but I am curious why we care that Canadian law enforcement officers drew their guns in order to clear unlawful protesters? That was their (very hard) job. And they fired no shots. And, to all reports, appear to have had success in doing their job with very little violence.
Yes, protesters 100% have a right to protest. Itâs important that they get to voice their opinions in a public manner and not feel penalized or threatened. And they got to do that for quite some time. Camping out and illegally occupying an area of public or government space, however, doesnât seem to fall into the category of free speech.
Please feel free to talk to me like Iâm a toddler and tell me what Iâm missing here.
drawing guns on some vehicles
Not a protester.
One demonstrator
One. So you characterise the entire operation involving thousands of people with one incident.
Itâs pollination nation!
Fruit loop alert.
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That was a pretty interesting read.
I think there is an element of the power of purpose - whatever that purpose.