That's a beat down.
Posted on 09/05/2023 9:59:31 AM PDT by CFW
Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are set to stand trial beginning on Tuesday. The pair were hit with a slew of charges related to their involvement in the protest, which saw tens of thousands of Canadians descend upon Ottawa in early 2022 and demand an end to government-mandated Covid restrictions.
Prosecutors have alleged that by telling supporters to "hold the line" after police asked them to clear the area, Lich and Barber obstructed efforts to restore order in the nation's capital after nearly three weeks of occupation.
The pair's lawyers said in a joint statement Friday that the trial would likely not be an indictment of the Freedom Convoy itself, suggesting it would focus solely on the actions of those who directed participants.
"We do not expect this to be the trial of the ‘Freedom Convoy," the attorneys wrote. "The central issue will be whether the actions of two of the organizers of a peaceful protest should warrant criminal sanction."
(Excerpt) Read more at thepostmillennial.com ...
hope the jury steps up
Will Judge Freisler be presiding?
Thanks for posting. Praying for the best for those guys.
The commie piggies sure are having fun with their courts burning innocent civilians. Communism and Nazism really suck.
They will get the J6 treatment no doubt.
Trudeau’s political prisoners.
That's a beat down.
They should organize a trucking strike. Shut the country down
Global communism at its best...
The Soviet goal of a global empire now realized...
It just took getting rid of the Soviet itself and focusing on the global picture from within each nation...
In the U.S., during the 1960s and early 1970s, the communist victory was guaranteed once the government completely eliminated public education and the black-robed men on SCOTUS ordered the destruction of cultural neighborhoods via the busing of children to the remote huge government-indoctrination centers...
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