Posted on 09/05/2023 7:49:40 AM PDT by Kriggerel
The trial for the leaders of the so-called Freedom Convoy protest that gridlocked Canada's capital for weeks in 2022 is set to begin on Tuesday.
Tamara Lich and Chris Barber each face counts of mischief and obstructing police.
The two were part of a group that led a convoy of lorries to Ottawa to protest Covid-19 measures and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government.
Experts say the outcome of the trial could reverberate beyond the courts.
The main charge that Mr Lich and Mr Barber will have to defend is that of mischief, defined under Canadian law as the wilful destruction, damaging, obstruction, or interference of property.
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it wasnt the right kind of protest
according to the govt
Is this the JVII hearings?
The ruling establishment putting the working class on trial.
I am amazed how the Canadians tolerate this. Stalin said that people want to be told what to do and these folks prove it. No value of freedom left up there.
yep.
I fully expect they will get the same kind of justice that our Jan 6 protesters got.
I believe the stated goals of the government policy was willful interference of property of the citizens. That was what they were protesting - the criminal mischief of the government through illegal edicts.
They should try for a change of venue. Canadian courts and juries are almost as corrupt and worthless as American ones.
Maybe North Korea, Iran or Somalia would be fair by comparison.
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