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Posted: Feb 22, 2021 6:41 PM MT | Last Updated: February 23
Anti-lockdown protesters surrounded police during scuffles at a rally on the Alberta legislature grounds on Saturday. (Scott Neufeld/CBC News )
After two days of silence and criticism from other political leaders, Premier Jason Kenney on Monday condemned the racist elements and symbolism of a weekend torch rally at the Alberta legislature.
In a written statement sent at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Kenney acknowledged the source of the torch imagery used in posters promoting the event, and the affiliations of some people involved. I understand that publicity for this event incorporated an image apparently taken from the notorious 2017 Charlottesville torch rally, which was an explicitly white supremacist event, Kenney said in a statement issued through his press secretary.