A video displaying protesters in Canada showing to harass and spit at members of the media has gone viral on social media.

A whole lot of protesters gathered close to the Pacific Freeway border crossing in Surrey, British Columbia, on Saturday.

The demonstration was a part of the self-described "Freedom Convoy" that originally fashioned towards a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for truckers, however has since encompassed anger at wider COVID restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's authorities.

CTV Vancouver reported that the protest had begun peacefully however a couple of hours in, journalists protecting the demonstration had been harassed and intimidated.

The community broadcast footage displaying a person showing to knock over a digital camera operator's gear, earlier than two males spit within the path of the operator and journalists.

A 9-second clip of the second was shared on Twitter by Kamil Karamali, a reporter with World Information, on Sunday.

"Surprising video by @CTVVancouver of two protesters spitting on CBC's reporter and digital camera operator," Karamali wrote alongside the clip, which has amassed greater than 265,000 views on Twitter.

Karamali additionally tweeted that he and his digital camera operator had been "swarmed by protesters and adopted."

He shared video footage displaying officers escorting them to their automobile as the group jeered and yelled abuse.

"It solely will get worse," he added in one other tweet. "The group closes in on our unmarked World Information automobile."

One other video reveals protesters surrounding the automobile and banging on it. "One man spits at our window," he added. "Police should push crowd again so we are able to attempt to get out. We lastly do."

Anti-vaccine mandate protesters
Anti-vaccine mandate and anti-government protesters show as police direct visitors on Freeway 15 close to the Pacific Freeway border crossing on the US-Canada border with Washington state in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada on February 12, 2022. Jason Redmond/AFP by way of Getty Photos

Police in Surrey stated they're investigating a number of incidents from Saturday.

"Surrey RCMP is conscious of a number of incidents from earlier in the present day involving a gaggle of aggressive protesters who surrounded members of the media. Police intervention was required as a result of actions of the protesters, and to make sure that media members had protected passage to their autos," the police pressure stated in a assertion.

"Police will probably be following up with the reporters and digital camera individuals concerned to collect their full accounts, together with the gathering of any video proof."

Sgt. Elenore Sturko stated: "These sorts of acts of aggression and intimidation in the direction of media, or any member of the general public, are merely unacceptable.

"Whereas it's not all the time protected for our officers to take instant enforcement motion on the time of the alleged offences based mostly on the dimensions of the group of protesters, these incidents will probably be totally investigated and will result in subsequent arrests or expenses."

Sturko, CBC and World Information have been contacted for added remark.

It comes after protesters in Ottawa reportedly harassed a TV information crew throughout a stay phase on Saturday.

"I used to be doing a stay hit with @MSNBC this afternoon when our crew was mobbed," CTV Nationwide Information journalist Glen McGregor wrote in a tweet on Saturday. "One man truly spit at us, others referred to as us Nazis. MSNBC needed to minimize it off virtually after it started. Then they chased us down the road to our bureau."