Monday: RCMP tells me there are NO investigations into the violence that cancelled an anti-racism rally in Red Deer.
Tuesday: after our story goes viral, RCMP launches an investigation. https://twitter.com/citynewsyeg/status/1308562022179667974

RCMP said they were not expecting this kind of violence even though there were online threats against protesters made days before. The violence came as no surprise to the racialized community who have been out protesting anti-racism for weeks in central Alberta.

Some background: 2 weeks ago an anti-racism protester was attacked by a truck in Ponoka. The group held a news conference to discuss the hit & run but it was crashed by people with known connections to hate groups. RCMP were there. My story: https://twitter.com/CityNewsYEG/status/1305672257914761222?s=20

After the news conference, I interviewed a Ponoka RCMP officer. When I asked him why RCMP were not taking more action (against the ppl w connections to hate groups) he said “are you suggesting one side's voice is more important than the others? b/c it's not.”

**Important to note: Two members with connections to hate groups in Alberta were standing right next to me during the entire interview & celebrated his last response to this question.