Members of the far-left extremist group Antifa have been captured on camera intimidating an elderly couple over the weekend who were crossing a road outside a Canadian college, which was holding an event for a local conservative politician.
The video of the incident, which is widely circulated on social media, was taken outside Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario, during a rally where Antifa members were protesting against Member of Parliament Maxime Bernier and supporters of his People’s Party of Canada. The event also featured American political pundit
Dave Rubin.
Four people were arrested for “breach of the peace” but were later released without conditions, according to local media
CBC, citing police.
In the video, four masked protestors deliberatively stood in front of an elderly woman pushing a walker and an elderly man, blocking their path while screaming “Nazi scum! Off our streets!” The couple appeared calm
in the video.
At one point, the elderly man tried to reason with a protestor but she immediately yells back, “Don’t [expletive] touch me!”
Bernier, who resigned from the Conservative Party of Canada in 2018 and formed the People’s Party of Canada, condemned the action of the Antifa members.
“These Antifa protesters are a small minority of violent thugs. The most frightening is that their extremist, Far Left ideology is now tacitly supported by many in academia, the media, activist organizations, and politics. Our democracy is in danger,” he wrote on Twitter on Sept. 30.
The incident also garnered the attention of many political commentators, journalists, and other public figures.
“This is ANTIFA harassing an elderly couple crossing the street. The Media will not cover this.. If those were Red Hats instead of Black Masks it would be on every major network for the next week,” Turning Point USA Chief Creative Officer Benny Johnson wrote.
“This is from an Antifa protest in Canada. This is so disgusting to do to old people who are just trying to cross the street,” Canadian-American singer Kaya Jones wrote.
“Here’s a video of ANTIFA, the violent anti-First Amendment group, tormenting and harassing an elderly couple trying to cross the street,” wrote Dan Bongino, the host of The Dan Bongino Show.
“Congratulations #Antifa You stopped that dangerous old woman with a walker from crossing the street,” wrote Jim Hanson, president of the Security Studies Group. “Antifa protesters scream at & block elderly couple outside an event featuring conservative politician @MaximeBernier & @RubinReport. Further violence broke out, leading to two arrests. Mohawk College had faced massive campaign to cancel the event,” Andy Ngo,
a journalist who has covered Antifa extensively, wrote.
Antifa’s origins can be traced back to
the “anti-fascist” movement in Germany, which was part of the Soviet Union’s front operations to incite a communist revolution in the European country. In the United States, the group claims that its members are fighting fascism, but rarely do they confront actual fascists. Instead, their members, who are made up of communists, socialists, and other hard-left radicals, label parties and individuals who don’t align with their ideology as “fascists” to justify its use of violence against them.
The group has frequently made headlines for its violent attacks on opposing groups, particularly Trump supporters, whom they have branded as “fascists.”
Epoch Times reporter Ivan Pentchoukov contributed to this report.
