Mayor Diane Therrien used Twitter to send a message to the people who tried to arrest police officers in the city Saturday.
“People have been asking me to comment on the events of the past weekend in #ptbo,” she tweeted from her account, @DianeNTherrien. “I hate giving airtime/spotlight to these imbeciles. Here is my comment: F- — — off, you f — — -wads.”
A group of about 30 people, led by Frank Curtin, assembled at the police station Saturday after a public call from Romana Didulo, a conspiracy theorist who claims to be the queen of Canada, to perform citizen’s arrests on local police officers.
The group is opposed to COVID-19 mandates.
Didulo claimed to have U.S. military support, and Curtin told the crowd that once they arrested local officers, the military would arrive to take them away.
This didn’t happen. The station remained locked and police did not engage with the people outside. After several hours, the protesters confronted police officers arriving for the 4 p.m., leading to scuffles and the arrest of two men, including Curtin. A third man was later charged and police are investigating another incident involving a confrontation between a Didulo follower and a counterprotester.
The province’s Special Investigations Unit later launched an investigation into the incident, stating one of the men arrested suffered injuries.
Police are still looking for two suspects.
One suspect is a woman, white with short hair, about five foot three, about 65 years old and was wearing a light blue plaid blouse and sunglasses.
The other was a man about 50 to 60 years old, about five foot seven with a white moustache and goatee. He was wearing a black leather vest with chains hanging from the pocket, blue jeans and a black head scarf.
Anyone with information about the two suspects can call the city police crime line at 705-876-1122 ext. 555 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 or at www.stopcrimehere.ca
Therrien’s tweet was met with dozens of tweets of support for her position.
“Not a fan of your political position, but a HUGE fan of your no-nonsense approach,” one wrote.
“Sometimes you have to speak to them in a way they understand,” wrote another. “I thank you for standing up to this nonsense.”
Some urged the one-term mayor to reconsider her decision to not run for re-election, noting she still has until Friday to change her mind. Other encouraged her to run for higher office, with one noting the provincial Liberals and NDP both need new leaders.
Others weren’t as supportive. “A great community leader can regulate their emotional reactions in response to provocative situations,” one person tweeted.
Therrien faced an ethics investigation last year when she used profanities on Twitter in advance of an anti-vaccine rally and visit to the city by Maxime Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada, and former independent MPP Randy Hillier. She was exonerated by the investigation, as she was for a second complaint about changes she made to councillors’ portfolio positions.
Both ethics complaints were filed by former mayor Paul Ayotte.
Saturday’s gathering, which Didulo promoted on social media, was intended to see the “citizen’s arrest” of local police officers for “COVID-19 crimes.” The group gathered at Confederation Square before heading to the police station, where they stayed for several hours.
Didulo arrived at Saturday’s event in the RV she uses to travel the country, accompanied by “security” staff in white uniforms. She made a couple of brief appearances and met with Curtin inside the vehicle, but left the area after the arrests and later used a livestreamed video to put the blame on Curtin, saying she was there only as an observer.
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