Chaos ensues during anti-Zara rally at Eaton Centre in Toronto

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Published Dec 17, 2023  •  1 minute read

Pro-Palestine protesters target a Zara store on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, at Eaton Centre in Toronto. Photo by @neveragainlive1

A pro-Palestine demonstration targeting a Zara store on Sunday at Eaton Centre quickly went sideways as video surfaced of a man, his face partly concealed by a mask, uttering threats with police officers standing nearby.

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The chaotic scene makes it difficult to determine who the man is yelling at as several police officers seemingly keep protesters away from other people at the mall.

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“I’ll put you six feet deep,” the man says in a video posted to the social-media site X.

“If you’re a man, come touch me.”

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Toronto Police had yet to comment on the incident.

The video quickly gained attention on social media, including from Idit Shamir, the Israeli consul general in Toronto, and former senator Linda Frum, who said the incident “makes us all unsafe.”

How is it possible that you can say to a Toronto police officer’s face “I’ll put you six feet deep” and not be arrested? This makes us all unsafe. https://t.co/QwoT9YaEpb

— Linda Frum (@LindaFrum) December 18, 2023

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The rally seemed to be linked to a “Boycott Zara” campaign, which included another demonstration on Friday at Eaton Centre as well as Yorkdale Shopping Centre and Ottawa’s Bayshore Shopping Centre, Yahoo reported.

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Those demonstrations followed protests in other countries targeting the Spanish fashion company, including two in the span of a week at a store in Glasgow, Scotland, that forced it to close on one occasion and led to the arrests of three people during another rally.

Zara has faced criticism recently for an ad campaign, called “The Jacket,” which some say resemble photos of corpses in white shrouds in Gaza. Zara pulled the campaign after the backlash.

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