Claim: A viral meme from the right-wing Facebook page Ontario Proud recently declared that the “media” are in an “uproar” over an Ontario restaurant owner who defied public health rules while simultaneously remaining “silent” over the tragic murder of a 12-year-old boy.
The meme shows Adam Skelly, owner of a Toronto-area barbecue restaurant who defied public health restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 and opened for business last week, resulting in local police placing Skelly under arrest for 13 criminal and non-criminal charges.
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