Name: Canadian Officer Nick Motycka “It is time to stand up and speak out"
Uploaded: 2022-02-14T11:54:22+00:00
Duration: 2 min 35 s
Description: Canadian police officer Nick Motycka called upon his fellow officers to resist the unlawful orders of their superiors and instead support peaceful Freedom Convoy protestors. A 10-year-veteran of the C

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Canadian police officer Nick Motycka called upon his fellow officers to resist the unlawful orders of their superiors and instead support peaceful Freedom Convoy protestors. A 10-year-veteran of the Calgary Police Service who previously worked for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Motycka told officers. “It is time to stand up and speak out by refusing to breach your fellow citizens’ fundamental Charter rights."

Source: https://youtu.be/oQBySNCD62E

"Today was a hard day for me. Something was taken away from me that I can never get back. Watching members of the Ottawa Police Service cease fuel from peaceful protestors took away a long held belief that I held that I thought to be a lasting truth, and that is "The police are here, when push really comes to shove, to protect and help people." I will never see my profession in the same light that I did before today.

What I saw, was the police doing politicians "dirty work", like hired-goons. This goes against every reason why I chose this mostly thankless, difficult, traumatizing career with terrible hours.

The reason I got into law-enforcement was to help people. However naïve that was, it is my honest truth. As the years wore on, I'll be the first to admit that I got jaded. But I never let anything compromise my integrity. I always applied the front-page of the newspaper test, and that is - would I be ok with what I was about to do, being on the frontpage of the paper, or a news story in your feed for younger-viewers.

Doing what was right even when no one was looking, even if it was difficult, was always the right decision.

What is happening in Ottawa, with the clear political influence on the police to physically exert political-will on peaceful protestors, for nothing more than possible political-gain is so very wrong on so many levels.

"I was just following orders" is no longer an excuse. It is time to stand up and speak out by refusing to breach your fellow-citizens fundamental charter rights.

You signed up to help people. Stand with your fellow Canadians and say enough is enough.

There is no doubt that we are all part of history right now. I have one question for you: