Toronto Police leave homeless encampment in peace after residents say they're just a 24 hour anti-mask protest - The Beaverton

Toronto Police leave homeless encampment in peace after residents say they’re just a 24 hour anti-mask protest

TORONTO – After weeks of clearing unhoused individuals from Toronto parks in the middle of a , Toronto finally left the residents outside Lamport Stadium alone after they said they were actually just a big, permanent anti-mask and lockdown .

“We thought you were a group of unhoused individuals seeking a place to rest that doesn’t bother anyone, but now that we know you’re actually one of those large groups of assholes who scream at service workers about how masks are slavery we’ll leave you free to your own devices,” said Sargeant Logan Kettleman.

“That’s totally our bad,” he added.

has been accused of using unnecessarily hostile techniques towards while simultaneously going for a “let anti-maskers be anti-maskers” approach to people who verbally acost strangers just trying to survive a pandemic. This prompted the brainwave from one park resident.

“They were pushing me and throwing out all my possessions,” said Eric Botterhill. “And then I was just like, oh no, I’m not , I’m just here to yell at moms that the will give their herpes and they left me alone immediately.”

“Then they asked me if we could take a photo together for their insta.”

A Toronto Police spokesperson later reassured residents that officers would be back to harass unhoused individuals just as soon as the media stopped paying attention.