Ezra Levant highlights Rebel News’ 2021 pandemic reporting as a rare "clash of ideas" amid mainstream media’s government-mandated silence, featuring footage of Toronto and Montreal police harassing Jewish protesters—detaining a Hasidic teen, ticketing David Menzies for gathering with five people under Ontario’s reopening rules, and calling reporters "Jew media." He accuses officers of false imprisonment, racial profiling, and arbitrary enforcement (e.g., 880 tickets) while ignoring gun violence or sexual assault, framing their actions as gang-like overreach. Levant vows legal battles, praising Rebel News’ defiance against censorship as a seven-year legacy of fearless, alternative journalism. [Automatically generated summary]
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We try to tell the other side of the story.
I think someone should.
You never know, the other side of the story may have truth, the dominant narrative lacks.
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Here's today's show.
Tonight, a compilation of the best of Rebel News' pandemic reporting.
It's December 28th, and this is the Ezra Levant Show.
Why should others go to jail when you're the biggest carbon consumer I know?
There's 8,500 customers here, and you won't give them an answer.
The only thing I have to say is government about why publishing is because it's my bloody right to do so.
Don't become Nazis!
Don't become Nazis!
It is improved!
Shame!
Shame!
What are you doing here?
We're committing assault! This is assault!
Move back!
I was on public property!
And then their kids are gonna grow up and remember them!
They threw the Charter of Rights out the window.
We're not vandalizing stuff or burning stuff or anything like that.
Mom pod plays where it's these buggers too.
They get away with it.
Steve Matt or you will be arrested!
Oh, pray!
We say that!
Freedom!
You are not!
Never die!
Freedom!
What about our charter rights?
Protest!
They were just doing their job!
Don't do those packages!
Pepper rights!
protesting is not an essential reason.
What's on my heart?
Mainstream media has decided to sit this one out.
Nothing to see here, folks.
This is Toronto.
This is not North Korea.
Fringing on my rights.
Officer, why are these protesters not allowed to protest?
And people like you took the knee for Black Lives Matter in the summer.
I'm not going to leave a communist country to my kids or anyone else's kids.
I know the mainstream media is not here because they probably support censorious thugs like you.
I know people need to see this.
People need to see this.
Why Are Protests Forbidden?00:02:13
If you don't give an idea, they'll be a freaking you can't be arrested for that.
That's fine.
I've always wanted to go to jail.
Are you saying that media is not exempt?
Can you say that on camera?
Media's not exempt?
He's exempt, but it's like 3.4 or stuff like that, right?
Step back.
Our ancestors fought and died so that we could be free.
So we could have a charter.
These men are urinating and defecating on the cenotaphs of every dead soldier across Canada.
So, would you like to leave or not?
Yeah, then please leave.
Officer, where do you want her to go?
I'm not talking to you.
story of my life.
Where's he going?
What is this, guys?
Stop it, stop it.
Shame on you.
Shame on these police.
Shame on these police.
Look at the way they started now.
You're a hero, Adam.
I love you guys.
Move back.
Get back.
Shut up.
Shut up.
Adam.
Small business.
Small business.
Get back.
Shame on you.
How does he feel to stop building?
He's just beating their kids!
You're stopping everybody!
Adam, we got your mark.
Shame.
Curfew and Power Play00:02:43
Who's going to be?
Who's going to be there?
Same on you, brother.
Who's that?
My back!
Get back!
He's on my wrist, bro.
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! He's a hero!
This is a hero!
Can we ask you what happened over here?
Yankee Polak, 25 years old, rebel news reporter.
No?
Well, I'm gonna ask you.
What are you guys?
I'm media.
I see you guys putting someone in the back of the car.
In the last year, we have seen arbitrary rules that make no sense.
Government's doing whatever they want in Quebec and Ontario, Canada, and the States, and all over the world.
What is your badge number?
What is your badge number?
They keep saying trust the signs.
There's no signs behind the curfew.
There is none.
Are you proud of the job you're doing?
You're ticketing members of the media?
Is that like what you signed up for the police force?
They're in control.
They're the top gang in the city, and they can do whatever they want.
And then they leave because they show their force.
And then, you know, a few days later, or weeks later, they come back and do it again.
Is it there's a big threat going on in the area or terrorist attacks?
And it's always, well, we have to protect people.
It's this, it's that.
And no, it's just you want power.
Tonight is not a busy night in terms of curfew and pragma.
But we're gonna, you know, we're gonna drive around a bit to see what's going on, right?
You know, my great-grandmother used to live right up there.
And now my aunt lives here, like this is this is where it really stops.
You guys jump out.
I'm not sure why.
Okay, he's giving it to the name.
Do you speak English?
Filming Police Encounter00:03:31
Do you have any papers to allow you to?
Yeah, we have favors.
Okay, I'm gonna change.
What we're doing?
We're filming you guys.
Why?
Because that's our job.
We're media.
We're filming.
Okay, I'm gonna take your paper.
Yeah, yeah, sure.
You can take all the papers.
So we're all together.
We caught these officers putting this young Hasidic Jew in the back of their police cruiser, allegedly for breaking the curfew.
Yeah, yeah.
So here's my paper.
In Quebec, police officers don't have body camps.
Can we ask you what happened over here?
No?
Well, I'm gonna ask you.
What are you doing?
I'm media.
I see you guys putting someone in the back of the car.
Yankee is out and about almost every night past curfew time to document the police interactions with the members of his community.
So I have three papers over there.
One is a paper, a letter of my lawyer.
One is a letter of the SPVM that I have the right to be out.
That one is a curfew note.
It's all in backup, I see.
If you want to talk to our colleagues, we're gonna do our job that we're doing.
Yeah, yeah, go ahead.
And you can talk to our colleagues, they're coming to meet us.
You're gonna just take them home?
Yeah, yeah, that's all.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Hi, sir.
Will you go inside my piece?
We're going to go back to the situation.
We're going to go back to the situation.
So the supervisor, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Yankee, what's happening?
What's going on?
They put someone in the back of the car and then they decided to bring in five cars as backup for some reason.
What's with all the police cars here?
Just wondering.
One for each of us, right?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
I said, we are going to get to know you intimately because we are going to sue you forever.
We are going to sue these thugs forever for assault, for false imprisonment, for abuse of office, and you know what else?
For being a racist bunch of thugs.
And why do I call them racist?
Because again and again, when Montreal police accost our reporters, you know what they call us?
Jew media.
Are you a Jew, they say?
These thugs, when they see us on the street, say, are you Jew media?
Hey Hey Protesters00:11:24
Well, most of our reporters are not, but I am, sir.
And I will see you in court for your bigotry.
Hey, hey, what's going on?
Hey, I'm media in the media.
Hey, hey, what's going on?
Are you taking me?
I don't remember me.
This is like, we're documenting what's happening here, guys.
So why are we getting such a tough time?
We've been through this so many times.
With you guys.
I'm giving you my paper.
No problem, just...
What?
I'm with Rebel News.
I'm a media Jewish.
Who are you?
What's your name?
I will get to know them intimately because we are going to spend years together and I will see your wicked faces no matter what your masks are.
My name is Andrew Levant and I work with dozens of independent journalists who don't take a dime of money from any government.
And that is the reason why we can show you the police brutality.
Thug, thug, come here, coward, come here, come on camera, you bigoted bully.
Come on camera.
These cowards are pretty freaking brave when the cameras aren't on, which is why they raided our Airbnb.
But when the cameras are rolling, they're running high.
Running high, coward.
Oh my gosh, the affirmative action hire.
Are you seeing like me on?
Go cover Menzies.
Do not touch you!
Oh here comes the real boys!
Do not touch him!
Do you touch him?
Did you touch him?
Why did you touch him?
No, no, no, no.
He throwing it to me.
He told him to me.
Are you hiding your name into me?
Keep your distance.
Hey, hey, hey.
Put the shack on.
You want to get arrested for this?
Good.
He touched me.
Here are the bugs.
Here are the thugs.
Here are the fucks.
Shake.
Shea.
Shake.
Shea.
Shake.
Shea.
Shake.
Shea.
Shake.
Shea.
Shea.
Shay.
Shea.
Shane! Shane! Shane! Shane! Shane! Shane! Shane!
Look at this!
More cuffs, more fucking cuffs More cops, look at the fucked up cuffs Shake.
Shake.
Deploying tear gas and other non-lethal weapons.
They will taser you.
They have already arrested one of our reporters after physically assaulting him.
This is the police brutality.
You come here to observe.
And here they come.
All good, Kyle, all good, all good, all good, all good.
Why?
Speak English.
I don't know what you're saying.
Why do you need to get it?
Hands off her.
Hands off her, man.
Crooked cops.
Correct.
You're crushing me with a bicycle.
Watch your fucking body.
Are you kidding me?
Hey, hey.
Wash your fucking hands.
SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!
Because you have no valid reason to be outside after curfew.
It's for you.
Officer, can you tell me why you're clamping down on members of the Jewish community in Montreal?
Is there no other pressing crime in Montreal right now?
Gun crime, sexual assault.
You're ticketing people for walking at night?
Don't have your mask.
It's okay.
You're not allowed to manhandle somebody, you're not allowed to manhandle somebody.
Why are you putting your hands on me?
He doesn't have to go.
Give him a ticket.
I'll leave my badge number.
You are targeting me because I'm recording, right?
No, you're not recording.
I just came here.
Hey.
You're allowed to record it.
Yeah, I am recording.
Okay, wait, wait, wait.
I'm going to give you a ticket.
Are you taking me right now?
I just arrived here right now.
And you're grabbing me.
Yes, I'm grabbing you because you have to.
Acknowledge that.
Okay?
No, I don't have to.
Yes, you have to.
Okay, okay, give me the ticket.
Stay calm.
Okay, I am calm.
Okay.
You want my ID?
You record, you can record, there's no problem.
Yes, I need your ID.
Okay, I'll give you the ID.
Give me your ID.
Okay, Savannah, sir.
What's your name?
7987.
What have I been doing for?
Because you're going to give me your mask.
For what?
I'm not part of the protest.
You're already part of the protest.
No, no, wait, wait, wait.
Listen, listen, I'm reporting.
Listen, I'm reporting.
I'm not part of the protest.
So it doesn't matter to you that I'm not reporting.
I'm just here to report.
What will I do?
I'm giving you the tickets.
You're going to have to sit in the car because I have to verify your identity.
I'm here.
I'm not going anywhere.
Yeah, you have to sit in my car.
I have never heard of that.
Why are you putting me?
Can I sit over here?
No, of course not.
You have a remote car.
This is my fourth ticket.
And I've never put me inside there.
I don't have to.
It's for you.
No, I'm okay standing here.
Yes.
You're going to sit there?
No problem.
Okay.
I'm going to go to my car and then I'll go.
Okay, I'm waiting here.
You're going to verify the intermix, okay?
Okay.
So as you guys saw, this lady was just cautious for not wearing the mask upside.
Really?
You're going to touch those.
You're going to touch that mask with naked hands and give it to us?
Okay?
I'm giving you the tickets?
Yeah, okay, thank you.
And this is your two pieces of identity.
No, I don't have to.
If you don't, another one you can.
Okay, you can give me hundreds of tickets.
That's okay.
I'm not going to wear a mask that you touch like that.
No, sir.
Would you like to take it for yourself?
No, I don't have to.
Yeah.
Okay, have a great day.
So Giselle, who is a wonderful woman.
No, the tips are just.
and go to the prison.
Right now, it's five past ten.
35 minutes after the curfew.
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
You're in this health care!
You have prayed for the prayer, okay?
It was to protect and serve the people.
So I would like to know if you will respect it.
I'm talking to the force of the order.
You will respect this prayer for the people because your people are suffering.
That's why I'm here right now.
So just right now, they ask for the people who are filming to show their papers that prove that they are actually essential workers.
You are at the front door.
Let's not do it.
Let's, like you are at the front door.
If I hit the finger schnee I BRaEPEelin has a little presence in the head.
Look at her!
How are you not protecting this?
Unlike what Jamie told us last time, closed for construction, it doesn't look like it's under construction.
Oh, why is that?
Because you're gonna be charged for trespassing right now.
I don't understand or do so, you'll be placed on arrest.
Well, this is a hotel, it's open to the public.
We were lied to, saying it was under construction.
And we've been told that the people here that are being incarcerated are being lied to, that they don't have to remain in this hotel.
You know, I'd like to say to the police officers here that there is a crime being committed, and it's being committed by this hotel by the people that are incarcerated in it.
I don't know, kidnapping, forcible confinement.
How's that for starters?
I'm not going to cooperate.
I've done nothing.
I am just practicing journalism here.
Are you going to get a restaurant for the fail to identify?
You're going to own the Trespass Property Act.
Well, my name is David Menzies.
I'm with Rebel News.
Here's my newsletter.
Remember how four months ago, Justin Trudeau told us that this was a conspiracy theory.
This was not going to happen.
Yeah, and I remember clearly a couple months ago, Randy Hillier, when he raised this at Queen's Park, he was mocked.
Where will these camps be built?
How many people will be detained?
They laughed at him, but wow, it looks like he was prophetic.
We're in violation of the reopening of Ontario Act, gathering with a crowd of more than five people.
So that's a pre-written ticket again, just for the record.
And there's your provincial offense.
Thank you.
Now, this is an administrative penalty notice.
Oh, for what?
Yeah.
This is for shaking hands with the public.
No way.
Section bylaw 2164, section 2.1.
Ontario.
Another ticket here.
More tickets here.
It's an absolute.
And we have the police here.
This is kind of like a police station.
I know you guys are just doing your job, but this is unbelievable.
I gotta go home and have watches through.
This is way overkill.
There's what, maybe five protesters here.
I got an 880 and I got two 880 tickets.
That's unbelievable.
What do you have to say to like this government?
And let's say, you know, Doug Ford's watching right now, what do you have to say to him?
Doug Ford, you're a disgrace.
I haven't been given any notice.
So guys, watching, I've been trespassed for simply reporting and putting it on my blast.
Because they're afraid to see this in public.
They're afraid to see what they're doing in Hamilton, Ontario.
And I've been trespassed for simply holding a camera to them.
Ticketed each.
Can you explain for what reason were you guys ticketed?
Yeah, stand-home murders.
Officer, so what exactly do the photos go to?
Is it going to court evidence?
Is it going to these tickets?
Is it going for police records or something?
Highlights Of Our Pandemic Coverage00:00:49
Either all of us have breaks or none of us have breaks.
It's like the before.
If you don't think these people should have rights, then one day they're coming for you.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this compilation.
I think our pandemic coverage over the last two years really has been the highlight of Rebel News in our entire existence, almost seven years now.
And I think it comes back to our motto, which as you know is telling the other side of the story.
Never has that been so rare.
You know, our very first motto, I don't know if you know this, going back in 2015, was fearless.
I think that applies today still.
Thanks for watching.
Until next time, on behalf of all of us here at Rebel World Headquarters, see you at home.