Brutal video shows cops accosting tiny elderly man during Freedom Convoy protests. His ‘crime’? ‘I just gave the trucker a thumbs-up and a honk’
Video captured the moment Canadian police handcuffed a 4'10" 78-year-old great-grandfather during the Freedom Convoy for reportedly daring to honk his horn.
What are the details?
Video captured the moment an unnamed officer approached the man, who was sitting inside his vehicle on the side of the road.
According to a report from the Toronto Sun, 78-year-old Gerry Charlebois was driving near the main Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa when he saw a trucker.
Charlebois said he honked his horn and showed the trucker the thumbs-up hand gesture out of respect for the ongoing protests.
“I meant no harm,” Charlebois told the outlet. “I just gave the trucker a thumbs-up and a honk.”
Honking, however — as the officer in the video made painfully clear — is not permitted and, in Charlebois' case, resulted in a $118 bylaw ticket for "unnecessary noise."
“I was in shock,” Charlebois recalled of the moment he realized he was being pulled over. “When (the police) pulled me over, he told me I was in trouble for honking the horn. ... He just p***ed me off when he said that about the honking. It upset me."
What happened then?
In the video, which has been widely viewed across various social media platforms, the officer can seen demanding that Charlebois provide identification.
Charlebois then exits his vehicle in order to retrieve his wallet from the back of his minivan to comply with the officer's demands, but things deteriorate from there.
A bystander can be heard heard off-camera demanding the officer stop badgering the elderly man and advising Charlebois to refuse compliance.
Charlebois, who appears to be confused or conflicted at this point, then appears to walk away from the officer, prompting the officer to grab the elderly man by his arm, twisting it behind his back in a hold.
The elderly man then falls hard onto one knee as the officer — along with a second responding officer — handcuffs him.
What else?
Charlebois' family said that their loved one didn't deserve the officer's rough treatment.
“He’s just 4-foot-10,” his son Steve told the Sun. “He wouldn’t hurt anybody.”
His other son, Gerald, added, "I find it disgusting. There was no need to be so rough with him."
Charlebois said he suffered several abrasions and contusions as a result of the detainment.
“I’m so sore,” he told the outlet, showing off cuts and bruises across his arms, hands, shoulder, and knee. “It hurts so much.”
Canadian journalist Joe Warmington shared footage of the exchange and tweeted, "I spoke with him. He’s in pain. He’s 4 foot 10. A retired janitor with 11 grandkids, 4 great grandkids. If this disgraceful treatment of a 78 year old for honking his horn and a thumbs up to a trucker is acceptable to @JustinTrudeau @fordnation @JimWatsonOttawa no one is safe."
I spoke with him. He\u2019s in pain. He\u2019s 4 foot 10. A retired janitor with 11 grandkids, 4 great grandkids. If this disgraceful treatment of a 78 year old for honking his horn and a thumbs up to a trucker is acceptable to @JustinTrudeau @fordnation @JimWatsonOttawa no one is safe.https://twitter.com/notrucks_nofood/status/1490720620992249857\u00a0\u2026— Joe Warmington (@Joe Warmington) 1644320021
'He’s a COWARD': Did Twitter mob just send GoFundMe CEO who nixed Canadian trucker fundraiser into hiding?
Looks like GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan can't take the heat after his crowdfunding platform shut down the "Freedom Convoy 2022" fundraiser for Canadian truckers and refused to distribute the reported $10 million raised on their behalf. You can read more about what's going on with GoFundMe and the Freedom Convoy here.
Cadogan apparently decided to lock down his Twitter account, which is such a shame because now he might miss out on all the nice things folks are saying about him. Here are just a few examples:
What's the matter @timcadogan? You don't want to man up for your decisions?pic.twitter.com/v68R7xuhZZ— Drakeblood (@Drakeblood) 1644093274
Criminal can\u2019t stand the heat. Funny how that works.— MarkC \ud83e\udd53\ud83e\udd53\ud83e\udd53 (@MarkC \ud83e\udd53\ud83e\udd53\ud83e\udd53) 1644088588
Pussy can\u2019t stand behind his decision. Cowardpic.twitter.com/1Ubn05jwjG— Phillip Jacobs (@Phillip Jacobs) 1644089292
He\u2019s a coward who knows he exists and his \u201ccompany\u201d exists at the whim of the psychotic progressives that run everything. He took the ticket a long time ago and now he has to do their bidding. Coward punk!— ZeithBear? (@ZeithBear?) 1644088906
He\u2019s a tool. I hope he and his company go under— Congo Jones (@Congo Jones) 1644099551
If he believed he was doing the right thing he wouldn't be hiding like this.— \ud83d\udca2 \u30d5\u30a7\u30f3\u30ea\u30b9 \ud83d\udca2 (@\ud83d\udca2 \u30d5\u30a7\u30f3\u30ea\u30b9 \ud83d\udca2) 1644105986
He's in hiding. Go figure.— Dr. Rachel Lindberg (@Dr. Rachel Lindberg) 1644125679
On the most recent episode of 'You Are Here," BlazeTV hosts Elijah Schaffer and Sydney Watson discussed why those in power seem so desperate to stop the Freedom Convoy movement, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who after smearing the truckers as extremists, went into hiding.
Looks like Cadogan isn't the only coward that knows he’s on the wrong side of history.
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