Benjamin
The Living Force
Finished watching the whole thing. Really good 'interview' with Bulford speaking very well and holding his own. Well worth the watch. There are many more important items that were discussed but the association made at the end of this exchange took the cake. I laughed a bit myself.
(1:41:00)
Paul Champ [Lawyer for the Ottawa Residence Coalition]: "I heard Mr. Mejikovsky [sp?] from the Ottawa Police Service- oh no, I apologise. Maybe it was the commission council asked me about racist flags that were being carried around during the protest. And I believe you were implying, in your testimony, that you didn't think those were real convoy protesters, that there were others who might have been infiltrating? Is that...?"
Bulford: "Yes. I suspect that was the case."
Paul Champ: "But you don't have any evidence for that?"
Bulford: "Well, I did see a photograph of a gentleman who I know to be a photographer that follows Trudeau around on a regular basis taking a close-up shot of a gentleman carrying a Confederate flag."
Paul Champ: "'Cause Confederate flags can be viewed as a racist flag. Is that right?"
Bulford: "That's correct."
Paul Champ: "Right."
Bulford: "It appeared staged to me."
Paul Champ: "And you didn't think that there was anyone involved in the convoy who brought Confederate flags to the protest. Is that right?"
Bulford: "Not that I was aware of. What the video I seen, the video of a masked man, like, wearing a winter balaclava walking through a crowd with a Confederate flag; and the video that I saw was a number of protesters telling him to get out of there 'cause he wasn't welcome and they didn't want that type of, they didn't want that type of symbol being associated to the convoy."
Paul Champ: "Right. All the convoy people left their Confederate flags at home like Mr. Barber."
Audience voices their rejection of such an association.
Bulford: (Giving him a 'you gotta be kidding' look.) "Sir... I don't know what beliefs all of the people that came to Ottawa hold, and I don't know what they have in their possession. That would be purely speculation on my part."
(1:41:00)
Paul Champ [Lawyer for the Ottawa Residence Coalition]: "I heard Mr. Mejikovsky [sp?] from the Ottawa Police Service- oh no, I apologise. Maybe it was the commission council asked me about racist flags that were being carried around during the protest. And I believe you were implying, in your testimony, that you didn't think those were real convoy protesters, that there were others who might have been infiltrating? Is that...?"
Bulford: "Yes. I suspect that was the case."
Paul Champ: "But you don't have any evidence for that?"
Bulford: "Well, I did see a photograph of a gentleman who I know to be a photographer that follows Trudeau around on a regular basis taking a close-up shot of a gentleman carrying a Confederate flag."
Paul Champ: "'Cause Confederate flags can be viewed as a racist flag. Is that right?"
Bulford: "That's correct."
Paul Champ: "Right."
Bulford: "It appeared staged to me."
Paul Champ: "And you didn't think that there was anyone involved in the convoy who brought Confederate flags to the protest. Is that right?"
Bulford: "Not that I was aware of. What the video I seen, the video of a masked man, like, wearing a winter balaclava walking through a crowd with a Confederate flag; and the video that I saw was a number of protesters telling him to get out of there 'cause he wasn't welcome and they didn't want that type of, they didn't want that type of symbol being associated to the convoy."
Paul Champ: "Right. All the convoy people left their Confederate flags at home like Mr. Barber."
Audience voices their rejection of such an association.
Bulford: (Giving him a 'you gotta be kidding' look.) "Sir... I don't know what beliefs all of the people that came to Ottawa hold, and I don't know what they have in their possession. That would be purely speculation on my part."