The interim head of the Green Party is calling on Canadian white woman to start rioting and looting saying the cause is “valid.”.Jo-Ann Roberts is referring to massive riots sweeping the U.S. after the cell-phone videoed murder of African-American George Floyd in Minneapolis by a white police officer..The slaying has spawn a week-long series of rioting across the U.S. that has seen police officer killed and wounded, billions of dollars in damage and thousands of arrests..Canadian protests have been peaceful except for one in Montreal that led to looting. Black Lives Matter protesters also desecrated the Canadian War Memorial in Regina..“Fellow white women, we need to step up. Stop calling the BLM protests “looting” and “rioting”,” Roberts tweeted Tuesday..“Repeat after me: There is no comfortable way to fight oppression. What’s happening across the US and Canada is valid. right. and necessary. Get on board.”.Maxime Bernier, head of the People’s Party of Canada called Roberts “crazy.”.“The Green Party interim leader is a crazy radical leftist who supports violence. She says looting and rioting may not be “comfortable” but is right and necessary. Don’t expect the mainstream media to report this of course. Left-wing violence is so cool,” Bernier tweeted Tuesday afternoon..Some Twitter users have already reported Roberts for trying to incite hatred..Twitter user Shane Armstrong replied to Roberts: “Will it be valid, right and necessary when rioters march into your neighborhood and burn down your house, Jo-Ann? Stop equivocating those peacefully protesting and the hoards of opportunistic looters and violent thugs.”. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .Emaly Nicole responded: “Do you want violence in Canada? Officially never voting Green Party again.”.“I for one am open to start communicating with Canadians that support NON VIOLENCE, anti racism, environmentalism, support First Nations voices and diversity acceptance. Clearly it is not the Green Party.”.Roberts was named interim leader of the Greens after Elizabeth May stepped down in November. A new leader will be selected in October..In the 2019 election, Roberts finished third in a Halifax riding..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby7694
