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A few “outlaw bikers” have been arrested on Monday in Sarnia, Ont., after police allege they disrupted a Remembrance Day ceremony being placed on by a neighborhood department of the Royal Canadian Legion.
Sarnia police mentioned wreath bearers have been invited to march to a neighborhood cenotaph at Veteran’s Park as a part of the annual parade.
As soon as the parade reached the park, wreath bearers waited for his or her names to be referred to as so they might lay their wreaths down and that is when police say the difficulty began.
“Several individuals, who were not part of the procession, inserted themselves into the wreath laying line,” a launch from police famous.
“They were wearing clothing affiliated with an outlaw motorcycle gang (OMG) and carrying a black wreath in their club colours.”
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Police say that officers from the legion requested the bikers to depart, however they refused and that was when officers have been requested to become involved.
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The bikers refused to depart, in line with police, who say they used foul and abusive language whereas “disrupting the solemnity of the Remembrance Day ceremony.”
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Officers then escorted them again to the street, the place police say the disruptive behaviour continued, which is when the cops arrested two individuals.
A 64-year-old man from Sarnia was charged with inflicting a disturbance and breach of courtroom order and a 46-year-old woman from Sarnia has been charged with inflicting a disturbance and resisting arrest.
Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley, who was on the ceremony, is unsure about what transpired however mentioned it was unlucky that the ceremony was disrupted.
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It was “regrettable that this incident happened at a Remembrance Day event, where the community had gathered to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for Canada,” he instructed Ontario Chronicle in an e-mail.
Legion Department 62 posted a press release on its Fb web page following the incident which famous that the sporting of OMC (Outlaw Bike Membership) or avenue gang colors will not be allowed at legion occasions.
It famous that there are numerous motorbike riders who do good throughout the nation and are welcomed by the legion however the “policy means outlaw motorcycle members would need to remove their colours first.”
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