Ugly and stupid, as censorship efforts tend to become over time anyway. This incident involving a Rebel News reporter and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police puts an extra dollop on both counts, especially with it playing out entirely on video.
Menzies wanted an answer from Canada’s finance minister Chrystia Freeland about why Justin Trudeau’s government had not designated the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. Menzies asked a series of questions along these lines while walking down a sidewalk, with a Rebel News videographer capturing the entire sequence. It’s the kind of question-and-no-answer scene that’s more or less de rigueur in the US, and entirely harmless.
That is, it was harmless until a plainclothes RCMP officer deliberately moved into Menzies’ path while he wasn’t looking, and then practically mugged the reporter while…
