- cross-posted to:
- canada@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- canada@lemmy.ca
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/30385203
BACKGROUND
Joanna Berry is a Canadian immigration and refugee lawyer in Ontario, Canada. On October 2, two Niagara Police Officers, one of them a sergeant detective, paid her a visit to her home. They told her they were there on behalf of the Ottawa Police Department because of her “personal social media.” They begin to tell her that “10 lawyers who are of the Jewish faith” have filed a complaint with the police about her social media. As you can tell from the video, Joanna Berry, is outraged by the visit and clearly distraught. I reached out to the Niagara Regional Police for comment but they did not respond to my inquiry. I spoke with Joanna Berry also and she gave OTL Media permission to publish the video. She told us that she wants Canadians to see it and for the video to be a warning.
“This is very Orwellian”
On The Line Media is run by Samira Mohyeddin, a multi-award-winning journalist, documentary maker, and producer at CBC Radio One’s The Current.
If it was something like ‘Death to Jews’ … the police would have stated that they were charging her with some sort of hate crime or online criminal behaviour
If it was something like ‘let’s send less military aid to Israel’ … they would have just asked her to stop saying these things … now the police have to file a hundred documents and attend court to justify their behaviour and actions.
This woman is a hero and one we should look up to and defend because if we allow things like this to happen, we won’t be able to defend ourselves if it gets worse.
Yeah, maybe. I want to know so I can make my own judgement, and not rely on cops