Not quite in Canada, but still a good story that contrasts the majority of the racist acts posted in this blog. I am not a supporter of white supremacy or anything, just thought this could be a good post.
Quebec provincial police have arrested a second person this week for allegedly spreading hate on the Internet.
A 28-year-old man faces charges of broadcasting hate propaganda, through Youtube.
Police allege the man used the popular video-sharing site, as well as networking sites Twitter and Facebook, to spread hateful commentary on different ethnic groups and visible minorities.
Provincial police Sgt. Claude Ross says a citizen's complaint in January spurred the investigation.
Police seized a computer at the suspect's home, as well as Nazi flags and shirts as well as propaganda material.
Ross says the two arrests for similar crimes in a matter of days is merely coincidental. A 17-year-old was arrested earlier this week in the northeastern Quebec town of Sept-Îles, for using his Facebook page to allegedly spread hate.
To be fair we don't yet know why Cobb was arrested -- it may have had nothing to do with what he posts online -- but we do find it interesting that these arrests are all occuring so soon after the Stats Canada release of hate crime statistics showing a marked increase over the previous year. Sure, it could be a coincidence, but perhaps this represents a more concerted effort to deal with hate crimes.
Perhaps the police are taking hate crimes more seriously now?
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Not quite in Canada, but still a good story that contrasts the majority of the racist acts posted in this blog. I am not a supporter of white supremacy or anything, just thought this could be a good post.
18 June 2010 at 14:20