Ottawa police say they are investigating a “hate-motivated” incident at a Vanier church that was due to hold a service today as part of the Rolling Thunder biker rally.
Police received a call about the incident at the Capital City Bikers Church on Carillon Street just before 7 a.m. Sunday.
Colton Prail of Ottawa’s CTV News reported that thumbs were scattered on the ground in the church alley and someone spray-painted “There is no paradise for fascism.”
Pastor Rob McKee did not mention graffiti or thumbs in the church in a live Facebook post at 6:30 a.m., but you can see the graffiti on the church walls behind him.
The members of the Church spent the morning lifting the rings off the ground. The thumbs were cleaned shortly after 9:30 a.m.
The Ottawa Police’s Hate Crimes Unit is investigating.
The church of motorcyclists in the capital was to hold a church service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. This was the last event planned for the Rolling Thunder Ottawa biker event.
The church in Ottawa’s Vanier district, just east of downtown, supported the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa in January and February, including providing food for participants.
On Saturday, interim chief Steve Bell told CTV News Ottawa that there were no reports of vandalism or property damage during the weekend’s event. There are no data on victims.
So far, ten people have been arrested this weekend.
Police are investigating a hate-motivated incident by Mischief at a religious institution located on Block 100 on Carillon Street, which we were told shortly before 7 a.m. this morning. The Hate Crimes Investigation Division is under investigation. Information? 613-236-1222 #ottawa #ottnews pic.twitter.com/GPYeCNFyd3
– Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) May 1, 2022
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