Police at Your Door Over a Social Media Post? Know Your Rights

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Police at Your Door Over a Social Media Post? Know Your Rights

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Talk Truth 09.30.26 - Leighton Grey | After Surrey RCMP officers showed up at Action4Canada founder Tanya Gaw’s home in connection with an investigation into material posted online, Talk Truth brought lawyer Leighton Grey back to tackle the questions Canadians are asking: What speech is protected? What could cross the line? What about private group chats? And what should you actually do if police show up at your door? Using a game of “Protected or Risky?” Corri puts a series of hypothetical statements to Grey before asking him to walk through what he says Canadians should know about answering the door, speaking to police, warrants, recording an encounter and protecting their rights.


00:00 Introduction

03:12 Tanya Gaw and the RCMP investigation

04:19 What are the “11 Hallmarks of Hate”?

04:56 Guest comes in: Leighton Grey

07:55 Protected or Risky?

08:31 Criticizing an idea vs. attacking people

09:50 When speech targets an entire group

10:33 Blaming a group for society’s problems

11:36 Dehumanizing language

12:37 Criticizing political leaders

13:49 When words become a threat

15:04 What about private group chats?

18:53 Allan’s 2012 controversy

20:37 Could old posts come back years later?

22:16 What if police show up at your door?

22:43 Grey explains what he says your rights are

25:38 Recording the encounter

26:55 Final thoughts