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Toronto police investigating after video appears to show officer giving citizen the middle finger (toronto.ctvnews.ca)
submitted 3 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Toronto police say an internal investigation is underway after a video circulating on social media appeared to show an officer giving a citizen the middle finger over an argument about alleged illegal parking last week.

In the video, which has been viewed more than 425,000 times on TikTok, two Toronto police officers are seen ordering Starbucks in the area of Front and Berkeley streets near the city’s Distillery District on Friday afternoon.

The exchange continues for several minutes and the officers eventually get back in their cruiser. The video then shows one of them giving the citizen the middle finger from the passenger seat of the cruiser.

The individual who took the video later told CP24 that he doesn’t believe the officer knew they were being filmed as by that point he had put away the body camera he was using previously. The footage, he said, came from a pair of glasses with a built-in camera.

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[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago (4 children)

LOL. Canadians are so polite. They are actually investigating the police for shooting a bird. In the US we don't even bother with that when they shoot a person.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How effing nice would it be for our biggest problems with police to be that they park illegally and give people the bird sometimes.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If that is the implication you are drawing from this article, you are incorrect about the situation in Toronto. Very much so.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fair, but I'm pretty anti-cop and this incident feels like small potatoes.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe. But if the shoe was on the other foot, ie: someone was giving the cops the finger, well ... you know the cops likely would have done something about it.

Cops can kill people at the drop of a hat. Therefore they should be held to a higher standard.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago

Cops can kill people at the drop of a hat. Therefore they should be held to a higher standard.

This is a guiding principle I believe in, so good point, I hadn't thought of that here.

[–] Kingcong@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This isn’t being investigated due to the bird. It’s due to the illegal parking in a bike lane. Someone died a week or so ago in Toronto due to a construction bin being left in the bike lane.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I know I'm going to regret this but how does a person die from an errant construction bin? Couldn't see?

[–] Kingcong@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago

Well that explains it. Although, it does seem she could have looked more carefully before leaving the bike path. And no, I don't think it's ok to leave the dumpster there. But the whole focus on the article was that there was no permit. A permit wouldn't change the physical situation, only it's legality.

[–] bob_omb_battlefield@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Forced to move into traffic (perhaps unexpectedly) and get run over.

[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There will always be rude people in every country. I hate stereotypeing people or countries.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Of course you're right but I'm sorry there ARE trends in countries due to cultural differences.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, this is just what they allow to be reported so you think that.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which? The fact that Canadians are polite or the fact that cops don't get investigated for crimes in America?

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That Canadians are polite and our cops are cool. They also avoid investigations.

I also just realized I stumbled upon a month old post.

Hi!

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Yeah, a month doesn't seem that old to me, but I kind of have an attention span. I guess it's a curse.

Also, I've been to Canada and everyone was really nice, just like I had come to expect. Not quite as nice as New Zealanders, but way up there. Try visiting Germany some time. It's the new France.