[quote]Antonio Padula, a 45-year-old Kirkland man, has been charged with uttering threats and public incitement of hatred after allegedly posting hate speech on social media.
The prosecution objected to Padula’s released and he is being held in jail until his bail hearing on Thursday.
He appeared in court via video conference.
[quote]“I don’t know if I could take another night in there,” said Padula after being told he would not be released until his bail hearing.[/quote]
Montreal police went to a home on Shediac Street, near de Berne Street in Kirkland, after getting a tip from the Sûreté du Québec’s (SQ) hate crime unit.
Police would not comment on which social media platform the comments were made nor what the message specifically said.
The arrest comes on the heels of the massacre at a Quebec City mosque, where six people were killed and 19 people were injured by a lone gunman.
The alleged gunman in Sunday’s attack, 27-year-old Alexandre Bissonnette, had been known for his far-right and nationalist social media posts.
In the wake of the attacks, the SQ have warned Quebecers to be vigilant about what they post on social media.
On Tuesday, Montreal police chief Philippe Pichet said there have been 14 reports of hate crimes in the city since the Quebec City mosque shooting.
There’s been a steady rise of hate crimes across the city since 2013.
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http://globalnews.ca/news/3219000/kirkland-man-detained-for-posting-hate-speech-on-social-media/
haha canadians😂😅
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Another year of people being offended by everything smh...
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It's a felony in Canada to incite hate speech especially when you support killing innocent individuals. http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/montreal/montreal-kirkland-arrest-hate-speech-muslims-1.3963237
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So they aren't even going to release what he said? I mean I could understand if he made a direct threat but if he just said something like "All Muslims need to go back to where they came from" then this is setting a dangerous precedent in Canada They should probably release what he said just so Canadians know like what is being considered "dangerous" enough hate speech to be arrested for
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Another reminder that many western countries do not have freedom of speech.
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He's probably going to get thrown in front of their Human Rights Court for this. God help him if he does.
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Oh Canada.