WEBVTT 00:04.270 --> 00:08.490 The Edmonton Police Service just got caught red-handed. 00:08.730 --> 00:12.030 They tried to turn your local cops into the thought police. 00:12.370 --> 00:16.130 And when the public pushed back, they deleted the evidence. 00:29.420 --> 00:34.640 This was posted a few days ago with the caption, you typed it, someone lived it. 00:35.000 --> 00:37.320 Online hate isn't just a comment. 00:37.860 --> 00:41.260 It hurts real people and harms real communities. 00:41.720 --> 00:43.560 Hate has no home here. 00:43.960 --> 00:45.520 Report online hate. 00:45.520 --> 00:47.380 Then they showed a montage of tweets. 00:47.760 --> 00:50.720 And what did they hold up as examples of hate? 00:51.060 --> 00:52.280 Send them back home! 00:53.020 --> 00:55.480 Canada needs deportation now. 00:55.760 --> 00:56.580 That's right guys. 00:56.960 --> 01:00.720 Calling for the deportation of foreign criminals and illegal immigrants 01:00.720 --> 01:06.440 was presented as hate that you should anonymously snitch on to the police. 01:06.720 --> 01:10.480 They even linked straight to their online report hate form 01:10.480 --> 01:13.840 so that you could turn in your neighbors for mean tweets. 01:14.100 --> 01:16.660 The backlash was instant and brutal. 01:17.040 --> 01:19.540 Regular Canadians called it out for what it is. 01:19.780 --> 01:22.780 And just like that, the post was deleted. 01:24.760 --> 01:27.680 But here's the part they don't want you to notice. 01:28.020 --> 01:30.560 The reporting form is still live. 01:31.340 --> 01:32.380 Go check it out right now. 01:32.620 --> 01:36.380 Edmonton Police still invite you to report on non-criminal actions. 01:36.760 --> 01:42.120 And they literally list examples like verbal insults, name calling, 01:42.120 --> 01:46.720 offensive jokes, slurs, and insulting language. 01:47.080 --> 01:49.980 They're promising to use their limited resources, 01:50.300 --> 01:53.300 the same resources that are already stretched thin 01:53.300 --> 01:58.920 dealing with real violence, gangs, car thefts, and actual crimes 01:58.920 --> 02:04.360 to investigate jokes and political opinion that hurts someone's feelings. 02:04.860 --> 02:06.660 But let's be crystal clear folks. 02:07.040 --> 02:10.040 Section 2B of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 02:10.040 --> 02:13.780 protects freedom of thought, belief, opinion, and expression. 02:14.100 --> 02:19.420 That includes speech that is offensive, unpopular, and yes, 02:19.800 --> 02:22.320 even speech that hurts people. 02:22.620 --> 02:25.360 Police are not the arbiters of hurt feelings. 02:25.820 --> 02:27.940 Their job is to investigate crimes. 02:28.340 --> 02:30.980 Not to build a database of citizens who said, 02:31.400 --> 02:32.380 send them back. 02:32.700 --> 02:36.720 This is the exact same non-crime hate incident playbook 02:36.720 --> 02:38.880 the UK has been using for years. 02:38.880 --> 02:43.660 Where police knock on your door because you liked the wrong tweet. 02:44.020 --> 02:46.580 And now, it's landing in Alberta. 02:46.920 --> 02:49.800 The Justice Center for Constitutional Freedoms said it best. 02:50.000 --> 02:54.480 Police should focus their limited resources on investigating actual crimes, 02:54.940 --> 02:58.600 not speech that is perfectly legal and protected by the Charter. 02:58.820 --> 02:59.280 They're right. 02:59.520 --> 03:04.460 When law enforcement starts equating calls for deportation with hate, 03:04.460 --> 03:08.720 and when they encourage anonymous reporting of offensive jokes, 03:09.080 --> 03:10.900 they're not protecting communities. 03:11.300 --> 03:16.960 They're attacking free speech and wasting taxpayer dollars on social engineering. 03:17.260 --> 03:20.300 This isn't about stopping real threats of violence. 03:20.720 --> 03:22.060 Those are already illegal. 03:22.260 --> 03:28.500 This is about controlling the narrative and punishing people for noticing reality. 03:28.720 --> 03:30.040 So, I'm asking you. 03:30.480 --> 03:31.980 No, I'm urging you. 03:31.980 --> 03:36.260 Please share this video immediately, far and wide. 03:36.520 --> 03:38.820 Call your city counsellors in the police commission, 03:38.960 --> 03:43.080 and tell them to get back to real crime instead of policing thought. 03:43.260 --> 03:47.460 Because once the police start collecting files on legal speech, 03:47.800 --> 03:51.640 the only question left is whose turn is next. 03:51.920 --> 03:56.780 If we let this stand in Edmonton, it will be coming for your town next. 03:56.980 --> 03:59.160 Please click that like button and leave a comment. 03:59.160 --> 04:05.080 It really does help with the algorithms that are designed to stop this type of information from being seen. 04:05.340 --> 04:08.040 And if you appreciate my efforts to bring you this information, 04:08.300 --> 04:11.820 please consider making a contribution at pressfortruth.ca. 04:12.280 --> 04:14.920 You can find a link for that in the description below. 04:15.180 --> 04:16.240 So that's all for today, guys. 04:16.340 --> 04:18.080 I just wanted to bring that to your attention. 04:18.400 --> 04:19.700 Thank you so much for watching. 04:20.040 --> 04:21.900 And as always, stay vigilant. 04:22.440 --> 04:24.920 Keep fighting the good fight and stay tuned. 04:25.100 --> 04:27.060 I'm going to have more video reports coming soon. 04:27.200 --> 04:27.560 God willing. 04:27.560 --> 04:30.400 This is Dan Dix reporting for Press for Truth. 04:31.240 --> 04:32.780 We all want truth. 04:38.380 --> 04:40.380 The truth will set you free.