Synagogue attendees ticketed
Six people attending a Hampstead synagogue on Sunday were ticketed $1,500 each for breaking distancing laws.
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GC 10:11 on 2020-10-19 Permalink
“They treated us like we were thieves or something” I’m pretty sure thieves get arrested–not fined. It sounds like they were treated more like people running a red light. I.e., needlessly endangering others.
jeather 12:20 on 2020-10-19 Permalink
Weird translation bug.
“No matter what you do in life you shouldn’t be empecher de prier you can’t force a man not to pray”
Anyways they weren’t being forced not to pray, they were being forced not to pray indoors in a group in a private home. (It seems like the problem is that they were treating the private home, where visitors are not allowed, as a synagogue, where up to 25 people would have been allowed.)
Kate 12:41 on 2020-10-19 Permalink
I noticed that, jeather. I think it’s possible the person actually said that and was transcribed exactly. And you make an important point about the situation.
steph 13:24 on 2020-10-19 Permalink
In the video, they play the phone call interview with the home owner, It’s his actual quote where he switches between english and french mid sentence (it’s wonderful!). Not a translation issue.
The written article says “many of his congregants quietly left” while the video makes adds that “half the congregates left without being noticed by the police” I can imagine the scene with the police saying “those that leave now -we didn’t see you” and then they gave tickets to everyone that wanted to be stubborn and defend the point that it’s a permit issue… It’s the type of police tolerance I expect in Montreal.
jeather 13:51 on 2020-10-19 Permalink
Oh cool! I didn’t watch the video. The seats indoors seem awfully close to each other, though.
Chris 10:51 on 2020-10-20 Permalink
So they’re admitting to running this place for 5 years without a permit to operate as a house of worship, but no word on getting ticketed for that. Must be nice to admit such things with no consequences!