A pastor posted a video of himself calling police the “Gestapo” and “Nazis” after officers served him a notice that his church is under investigation for violating COVID-19 protocols.
“I’m not interested in any word that you have to say. I do not cooperate with Gestapo, I do not talk to the Nazis,” Pastor Artur Pawlowski told police in the video. “Brown shirts of Adolf Hitler. You are Nazi, Gestapo, communist, fascists! I do not cooperate with Nazis!”
Pawlowski, a lead pastor of Street Church in Canada’s Alberta province, posted the video of his encounter with police after officers interrupted his church service for the second time.
“And they did it again! Today, the Gestapo Attacked our Church Again! History is being repeated in front of our eyes! Another sad day for Freedom and democracy!” Pawlowski wrote on Twitter along with an attached video of the encounter.
And they did it again! Today, the Gestapo Attacked our Church Again! History is being repeated in front of our eyes!
Another sad day for Freedom and democracy! https://t.co/mUFWPTMULl
— Artur Pawlowski (@ArturPawlowski1) April 24, 2021
The video shows officers presenting Pawlowski with a notice of the investigation of his church for possibly violating COVID-19 restrictions, with officers telling the pastor they are not trying to “disrupt” the service but will be standing in the back for a safety inspection.
“I do not cooperate with Gestapo!” and angry Pawlowski responds.
Pawlowski then refuses to let the officers complete the inspection, instead insisting they contact his lawyer and “make an appointment” before coming to the church.
“Talk to my lawyer. You are not allowed here, you are not welcomed here. You come into the place of worship to intimidate and to harass,” Pawlowski said. “Make an appointment another day!”
Police then decide to leave the church, telling the pastor to “have a nice day” as they depart.
But Pawlowski was still visibly unhappy and continued to slam the officers after they left the scene.
“Sickening what this country came to! Coming to the place of worship with their uniforms, their guns, again,” Pawlowski said. “They could do it another time, they could do it another day. No! They are following the orders of their Fuhrer. They are wicked, evil people.”
The video marked the second time Pawlowski has had a run in with police, launching similar insults in their direction after his Easter service was interrupted for violating COVID-19 restrictions.
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“I grew up under a Communist dictatorship behind the Iron Curtain, under the boot of the Soviets, and I’m telling you that’s no fun at all. It was a disaster,” the pastor said of that incident. “So, it was like a flashback when those police officers showed up at my church. Everything kind of came back to life from my childhood, and the only thing I could do is to fend off the wolves as a shepherd, and I use my voice to get rid of them.”
