21-year-old Ocean Weisblatt, brother of San Jose Sharks prospect Ozzy Weisblatt, has made his first public comments following a viral video of him being arrested in Calgary for failing to comply with police demands.
Weisblatt took to Facebook late Saturday night to address the events that occurred on Thursday and reached YouTube on Saturday, promising another video within the coming days to explain his side of the events and to comment on everything that followed.
Weisblatt, who plays for the Portage Terriers in the MJHL, did not quite admit to being anti-mask in his post, however he did make a controversial statement that citizens should have a choice on whether or not they choose to wear one, despite the science that supports the theory that wearing a mask limits the risk of exposure exponentially.
He then proceeded to explain that he plans to fight what he perceives to have been a great injustice, thanking anyone who has offered their support thus far.
After seeing the video and reading his initial reaction to the arrest, the picture is beginning to become a little more clear on exactly what police were dealing with in the short clip prior to the arrest. Some reports out of Calgary have suggested the ordeal may have lasted as long as thirty minutes, though we have only bared witness to a fraction of it.
Stay tuned, as Weisblatt's video in the next day or so promises to shed a little more light on what his perspective was during and immediately following the incident.
