© Facebook / Artur Pawlowski
In a statement on Sunday night, authorities said that only "one uniformed officer of the Calgary Police Service attended a call to assist our partner agencies... in relation to a religious gathering."
Many wondered if anyone at the CPS press service even watched the video, accusing them of lying in the very first line of their "weak response."
However, while the viral video indeed seemed to show three uniformed cops (in addition to two men in plainclothes and a female Alberta Health Services employee) intruding on the premises - two of them were actually wearing a 'peace officer' insignia of the Calgary Bylaw services.
The statement went on to somewhat shift the blame onto those partner agencies, insisting that police were only there as observers "in an effort to help keep the peace due to high levels of conflict between citizens and health inspectors."
The organizer of the gathering was uncooperative with the health inspector, and repeatedly raised his voice asking all parties to leave the premises, which they did approximately one minute after entry and in a peaceful manner.
Police insisted that they did "not wish to disrupt anyone's holidays or religious or spiritual events," but it was their duty to respond "when called upon."
During the fiery encounter, which happened on Saturday and lasted a little longer than "a minute," Artur Pawlowski, a controversial street preacher of Polish origin, can be heard repeatedly calling the intruders "Gestapo" and "Nazis," ordering them to "Get out!" and "Don't come back without a warrant!"
The conservative pastor is based in Calgary, Alberta, and is known locally for fiery sermons against Sharia law, abortion, gay rights, and Covid-19 restrictions.
In the past, he has repeatedly been fined for organizing protests in breach of Canadian health regulations, but this time "no tickets were issued at the time and it will be up to our partner agencies to determine subsequent enforcement activity in response to this situation," police said.
In attending public spaces, private homes, and businesses, we continue to strive for voluntary compliance with public health orders where that makes sense.
Reader Comments
I live in a fairly small town too and get along with most of the police but I've dealt with a lot of them who are unkind and abuse their authority, some also in cities I've lived in. It seems to me most police are alright and just want to do their jobs.
I consider them to basically reside on a spectrum of intention: at one end are people with a social worker mentality and at the other are sociopaths. There's also sometimes pack mentality behaviour when regularly nicer police go along with the bullies.
R.C.
RC
I hate Mendels Messiah, it is all worship of the dead and suffering. The highest virtue in the "Church" is "suffering" the more you suffer the "Holier" you become. For me the highest virtue is "Love" here in this fucked up world we worship the dead, suffering, grief, hopelessness.
The Roman Catholic Church is the worst: Holy Communion means that you eat the body and drink the blood of Jezus; cannibalism and vampirism. Then at Easter he is crucified again! Wonderful religion. The Catholic Cathedrals have dead people buried in them. You literally walk over the dead if you visit a Roman Catholic Cathedral.
So I do not mid at all if the whole "Easter Festivities" are scrapped, in fact all religious festivals can go to Hell as far as I am concerned.
Let us not talk about the Jewish festival whereby they throw a goat off a cliff, and before they do that they give the goat all their sins for he is then symbolizing Azazel. The goat is left there to die with his broken bones. This is called a religious ceremony hah!
Well Fuck All the Religious so called festivities off the dead, or raising the dead or whatever. Close all churches, mosques, SinAgogs (By the way SIN is the Egyptian Goddess of the Moon). Many of you wear a cross as a religious symbol around your necks, Why not wear a guillotine, as a cross is also a TORTURE INSTRUMENT. No, a cross is Holy.
Lets get rid of all this bullshit Holy Baloney, and focus on Love.
(had not seen)
If the moon does not shine, people do not care. If the Sun does not shine we do!!!!!!!! So would your rather have Sin than the Sun?
I was going to comment but I see the situation is well in hand.
RC
Ps, After above, I see that bf, infra, has recognized some wisdom. Very good and typically SOTTish.
rc
Take your time Grann, it wont run out, it's eternal
Like in HAT ... top of the morn to ya grann
So frankchapeu thank you for being out there and of course you are a teacher.
Here's a chune for your trouble
[Link] PRT in da house
Je devrais aller à la rencontre d'Annie dans la prochaine semaine, I shall be reporting back mon compatriot
Truly enjoy your brainy & common-sense comments mon frère.
I first (I believe) called commenter aficionados of Signs Of The Times SOTTites** in some ancient era I'd guess about twelve? years ago. Shortly thereafter, (as I recall), LM preferred and started using the term SOTTies which many folks seem to more naturally use (and almost no one has picked up on my particularized capitalization of SOTTite, so I often will see Sotties or Sottites, but I have never seen 'SOTTee' before.
I can assure you that FC intended no disrespect for you but rather intended it, as you noted, as a helpful (and NOT holier than thou) teacher, as per your first reply. I'm confident that I wasn't the only one disappointed with your posts subsequent to that.
SOTT needs all of the open-minded, self-aware folks that it can get, IMHO, so stick around.
RC
*I frankly can't see it - though I'd love to be wrong. The only other place that has such good, relevant and material truth along with informed, uncensored comments from wise folks is Unz at [Link]
**Those who would likely read, write, and/or comment at SOTT if they were aware of it I call SOTTypes.
rc
* SOTTitors! I guess that's what we should call them.
**Excluding the spammer/troll culling which thankfully occurs VERY timely upon those POS' postings.
SOTT: This place rules!
Conclusion: If you're wise, you'll continue here.
RC
He was not popular with his "superiors" (that is why he got the job in the first place - he was also good in quantum physics - so if he would not have made it........well no man overboard.
I talk to my Admiral and that is why I sometimes have the same "Foul Mouth:" as he had.
I know exactly for the Sottitors who are interested, where all the US fleets: 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th (attack fleet with 2 flight deck carrier ships) and the 7 th fleet and their accompanying ships like: arleigh burke class destroyers, litteral ships are stationed. I also know where the "deep drift harbors" for the subs are, and that is just the navy. (military, ground to air missiles, minuteman, air force bases, special operations and airborne divisions (Fort Bragg's) , biowarfare labs, dust bombs, tesla earthquake bombs, the "Rod of God" launching platform etc. etc.
In short it is inter cosmic war right now. Dream on Sottitors, with your mindfulness, serene, and smug know it all attitude. You think you report the truth?
LindaMay: You should know as you are so "brilliant" that my name Frida also means that I am a Goddess of WAR.
I do Martial arts, and I would love to meet you in a cage fight.
So if you are interested in my intel fine, but show some fucking respect for me okay?
Sad that your smarts dont work for ya, btw... a warrior goddess aint a hissin' fighter .
I do. I do. I do. you're dizzy n confused.
It is not "he or she who controls the food chain controls the world" but it is" he or she that controls the brain that controls the world"