Cops find 350 people at religious gathering
Police counted 350 people coming out of a religious gathering in the Mile End on Friday evening. Nobody was fined.
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Kate
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Bill Binns 09:04 on 2021-04-24 Permalink
Can you imagine the police standing by passively and not writing a single ticket as 350 people poured out of a gym or a restaurant or a wedding? There seems to be some sort of privilege that comes with wearing 18th century garb in this town. Nice to see our leaders “following the science”.
Kate 10:18 on 2021-04-24 Permalink
Cops know how bad it looks if they’re shown rounding up Jews, Bill Binns, but I’m guessing the Hasidim are counting on that.
JaneyB 11:02 on 2021-04-24 Permalink
True but quarantining Jewish neighbourhoods will look much worse. La Presse could cover some of Israel’s struggles with the Haredi to help Quebecois realize there are many kinds of Jews.
Ephraim 18:00 on 2021-04-24 Permalink
Maybe they should be warned that if they don’t follow the rules, they will simply be shut down and locked until they agree to follow the rules.
Chris 21:43 on 2021-04-24 Permalink
Notice how the article doesn’t even state that it was (presumably) a Hasidic gathering? It seems rather relevant to the story that the people in question are not your run of the mill theists, but an intransigent cult. If it were a group of scientologists or QAnon, I’d wager they’d be named, and ticketed. Not that ticketing them would change their behaviour. I doubt anything in the world would.
Kate 09:47 on 2021-04-25 Permalink
I have since also linked the post to a TVA article that does mention the nature of the gathering, although anyone who knows this city doesn’t have to be told that a Friday night religious gathering in that location would be a Hasidic group.
jeather 10:03 on 2021-04-25 Permalink
An English article about this mentions that they are not ticketing for most religious gatherings breaking the rules. The last time this came up we saw province wide headlines any time it was a synagogue and tiny hidden local stories when it was a church. I am sure the same is happening again.