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May 6, 2021 5:15 PM
Nathan Lynchuk is a former constable with the Saskatoon Police Service. He identified himself as the person who resigned from his position after attending a children s freedom rally in Saskatoon on April 24. The image is from a video he appeared in that was posted to the Facebook page What s Up Canada .
The police officer who attended the ‘children’s freedom rally’ in Saskatoon in late April and later resigned says the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) required him to work at a desk and be tested for COVID-19 daily after the event, but he did not believe that was necessary.
SASKATOON A Saskatoon police officer who attended a children’s freedom rally says he decided to resign in order to stand up against the service’s protocols. Last week, Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) said it was investigating whether an off-duty officer attended the anti-COVID health measure event at Kiwanis Park. In a Facebook video, Nathan Lynchuk introduces himself as the cop who attended the April 24 rally while off-duty. The event was advertised as a fun day in the park for children and had about 100 attendees gather for games and crafts without masks. I wanted my family to have a normal day for once, and for my kids to go into a park and play, and have a normal day with other kids,” Lynchuk says in the video.
Posted: May 06, 2021 2:44 PM CT | Last Updated: May 6
Former Saskatoon police officer Nathan Lynchuk appeared in a recent Facebook video questioning the seriousness of COVID-19 and explaining his attendance at a recent maskless children s freedom rally. (Facebook)
A former Saskatoon police officer has joined the ranks of crackpots who spread COVID-19 misinformation online, says a professor who specializes in social media.
University of Regina professor of educational technology and media Alec Couros says these conspiracy theorists will do their best to leverage the statements made in an eight-minute Facebook video by former officer Nathan Lynchuk. They reject most science. They reject most experts. But when they find a dissenter, they latch onto them because it fits their particular narrative, Couros said.