No one thought it could ever happen here — Canada wasn’t ready — but he was: Chuck Norris riding along with one of his biggest fans in the Québec police force..Blacklock’s Reporter said police in Québec are being called out for a poster of Chuck Norris put up on the side of a police van because it was “in bad taste under the circumstances.”.Tribunal adjudicator Sylvie Séguin said while the incident wasn’t thought positively of, it technically did not breach the police Code of Conduct..The poster was spotted during a 2018 street rally against the G7 Summit, “after an unidentified police officer taped the poster to an exterior door of the van.”.It depicted actor Chuck Norris in a “vigilante pose holding two firearms” with the caption “No one thought it could ever happen here — America wasn’t ready — but he was: Chuck Norris.”.Two younger police officers went so far as to testify they had no idea who Norris even was..Footage from the rally showed protestors angrily shouting over the poster saying “they have a picture of Chuck Norris with guns,” and “why the picture of Chuck Norris with guns?”.A political science professor out of the University of Québec, Francis Dupuis-Déri, said in a formal complaint filed with the Police Ethics Tribunal he was shocked by the poster..“I took part in numerous demonstrations in North America and Europe and never saw the police act in this way” the professor was quoted saying to the Tribunal..The officer who was eventually identified to be handing out the images testified he “wanted to lighten the atmosphere” for both crowd control unit members and members of the public..Det. Guillaume Simard said he “meant no harm and didn’t consider the poster intimidating.”.“It was a running gag. It relaxed them” Simmard said to the Tribunal..The Tribunal responded by saying “wanting to lighten the atmosphere of his unit, Simard printed images of Chuck Norris, a film character he considers to be larger than life, invincible and often ridiculous.”.The Tribunal went on saying “he browsed the web, selecting and printing images of scenes where the actor took on the role of a powerful armed vigilante.”.Norris is notoriously used in various satirical capacities even though the 81 year old is now retired from acting..Jackie Conroy is a reporter for the Western Standard.jconroy@westernstandardonline.com
