Tables turned as Romana Didulo, supporters attempt to ‘arrest’ Peterborough police

The “queen of Canada” led supporters to Peterborough’s police station on Saturday, calling for the “citizen’s arrest” of local officers.

Instead, two of her supporters were arrested.

Romana Didulo is a B.C. resident who claims to be an alien being with higher powers, and insists she is the ruler of Canada and, more recently, the world.

“I am the head of state, commander in chief and head of government and queen of Canada replacing Queen Elizabeth II of England who has now been executed for crimes against humanity,” Didulo said in a September YouTube video.

She has supporters across the country, including in Peterborough, where Frank Curtin organized Saturday’s event.

He promoted it with a written statement from Didulo calling on “armed forces, special forces, black ops and special ops” to come to Peterborough to assist in the arrests of police over COVID-19 measures.

Police emerged from the building shortly after 4 p.m. and started taking people into custody, tussling with some of the participants. Some of the protesters shouted “shame” and hurled obscenities, with others trying to intervene.

This took place in a restricted parking area behind the station.

City police later reported via Twitter that two people had been arrested, with the investigation ongoing. Police ask anyone with video to either send a link to aru@peterborough.ca or to call 705-876-1122 ext. 555 or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or at http://stopcrimehere.ca.

Although no names were released, one of the many social media videos shot and shared at the scene by Didulo’s followers shows Curtin being dragged into the station by police, his camouflage T-shirt coming off in the process.

Videos also show a second man being taken inside.

Earlier Saturday, people started to gather over the noon hour before Curtin addressed the crowd, calling for peace and calm. As more people gathered around 1 p.m., Curtin, who was live-streaming the event, told the crowd to wait for the “military” to arrive.

He then led the way to the police station door, only to find it locked, with no response when he rang the buzzer and knocked.

One man with Curtin suggested striking a counter-protester to get the police’s attention, adding “I’m joking!”

That counter-protester was a person wearing an orange medical mask and carrying a sign reading “Vaccines Save Lives.” He chanted the slogan repeatedly, along with “Hail Satan.”

At one point, when members of the group gathered at Confederation Square, the counter-protester was confronted and told to leave. One of Didulo’s supporters then grabbed and tore the sign.

Didulo has called on her supporters to kill people promoting vaccines for children.

She and her supporters also recommend not paying bills and serve “cease and desist” orders on police, pharmacists and health workers over health mandates.

Many of Didulo’s ideas come from QAnon, a U.S. conspiracy movement whose followers believe in an organized child trafficking network led by Democrats, and that Donald Trump is their saviour.

By mid-afternoon the group continued to gather at the main entrance of the station at Water and McDonnel streets. A smaller group stood at a rear entrance.

Didulo herself arrived in an RV with her photograph on the side, accompanied by a black vehicle with her faux presidential seal and several people wearing white hats, pants and jackets.

Didulo stepped out briefly to hand out bottled water and plates of food to supporters.

The gathering attracted onlookers not associated with Curtin or Didulo, including people lining the sidwalks and nearby residents sitting on their porches and front steps to watch the events unfold.

A smaller group of protesters remained on the scene into the evening, as did Didulo’s RV, which left the area around 7 p.m.

“Peterborough Police is still monitoring protesters at the station,” the police service stated via Twitter just after 6 p.m.

This story will be updated.

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