Ottawa’s police chief says a hate crime hotline will go live before the end of the day Tuesday to investigate crimes related to the demonstrations that have taken over much of the city’s downtown core and which are dragging into a fifth day.
Police Chief Peter Sloly, Mayor Jim Watson and city councillors and have spoken out about various reports of of hate-fuelled violence over the weekend, including intimidation and harassment by protesters as thousands flooded the nation’s capital.
“We have the intelligence officers and the investigative officers and multi-jurisdictional support from British Columbia to St. John’s, from Nunavut to the GTA,” Sloly said in a news
