The military sergeant hits the cops
The Canadian Press – June 21, 2022 / 11:45 am | History: 372548
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Patrick McDonnell, then a sergeant, took the mace out of the House of Commons following the erection of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, December 13, 2018. The parliamentary sergeant said he was “struck” by how almost everyday harassment of lawmakers and officials was allowed to continue under Ottawa police jurisdiction during the Freedom Convoy. THE CANADIAN PRESS / Justin Tang
The House of Commons sergeant said he was “amazed” how Ottawa police allowed harassment of members of parliament and officials during protests against COVID-19 restrictions in the capital earlier this year.
Patrick McDonnell, who works closely with the head of the Parliamentary Protection Service, told a committee today that lawmakers and their staff face harassment almost every day on Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa, which is under the jurisdiction of local police.
The Commission is examining whether to extend jurisdiction over the operational security of the Parliament Hill area to include parts of Wellington Street, where vehicles are parked for three weeks during the Freedom Convoy, and Sparks Street, which includes a pedestrian mall. .
McDonnell said there was a police car near the events he described and that the incidents were reported to Ottawa police “every day.”
He says one person would block some employees’ cars when they arrive at a nearby parking lot, and if the employee is a woman, the person will “hit his car” before walking away.
McDonnell also says an employee was attacked by a man who tried to throw something that looked like a bag of human feces before another employee arrived and pushed the man to the ground.
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