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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Toronto police chief apologizes after officer carries Tim Hortons coffee for anti-Israel protesters
Description: After weeks of Palestinians staging anti-Israel protests on Canadian streetsāeven going so far as to take over highway overpasses in the Toronto areaāon Jan. 6, uniformed Toronto police officers were filmed handing over a large Tim Hortons coffee container and cups and snacks to some protesters blockading a Jewish neighbourhood at Avenue Rd. and Wilson Ave.
After the video went viral, the Toronto police later explained they did not provide the coffee to the protesters themselves, but were rather āmanaging a dynamic situationā by handing it over on behalf of some other protesters who had brought it but werenāt...