2024: Steeve Charland, another Fucker Trucker (aka convoy organizer), guilty
@Arrivou:
I call on Pierre Poilievre to apologize and resign, given that convoy leader Pat King has been found guilty on criminal charges, and that Poilievre openly supported the convoy. Aiding and abetting criminal behavior should disqualify anyone for leading a major political party.
@nisobel:
Let alone no security clearance.
@CatherinHoltka4:
Where’s the Canadian media with Pierre Poilievre should resign!? Crickets….
@Frizz461:
I believe there should be committee investigations into all MPs who participated in this convoy. We know Russian and far right money was involved, we know their intent was to overthrow the government, we know they threatened the PM’s life, damaged our economy! Investigate!
@LoriInWhitby:
I’m so happy to read comments that align with exactly what I’m saying!
The MPs encouraged, supported and bolstered the attempted insurrection. They should be held accountable.
Bethany_1979:
Agreed!!
@VyeOne:
The Conservatives supported by US Republicans & Russia hosted this horrible event on Capital Ottawa – & Canada! The Conservatives should cover costs!
@Jmags13059788:
Yes, we need an enquiry into CPC’s involvement in the attempted insurrection.
Amir Attaran@amirattaran.bsky.social:
For all Pat King’s pretended toughness, he broke down like a child as he was found guilty.
Lock this preening, racist, criminal trash up for years. FAFO
@badbusinessbureau.bsky.social Nov 22, 2024:
I remember at his bail hearing, the judge said that based on what he has already seen, King is looking at at least 2 years in prison.
We’ll see. Judges lie, a lot and huff and puff and complain about criminals like King, then, let them off even after being found guilty, especially if they’re old white racist men that bully and or rape.
Paul Robichaud@PJROBI:
Can’t wait for Pat King’s sentencing. And this verdict will make Tamara realize her number is up too.
Gary Reid:
Thousands of Ottawans would gladly line up to blast an air horn at him 24/7 for the next five years. See how he likes it
J Hunter@MrJoKeR604:
Of course Pat King was found guilty, the freedom convoy was an embarrassment to Canada on a global level. I hope everyone involved in the organization and breaking the law are found guilty. Let’s hope Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are next.
Jail not bail, am I right?I bet judge will let King go come sentencing day, man to man, concerned for the racist old white man’s future.
@Dean_Winnipeg:
Today would be a good day to remind you that Pierre Poilievre brought coffee and donuts to Pat King’s illegal convoy that resulted in multiple convictions.
Tamara Lich is next.She and Barber were provided big money lawyer; I expect they’ll be let off too, no matter if found guilty or not. Canada is a colonial white supremacist enterprise after all.
CPC is not the party of law and order – they are the party of confusion and chaos. Win at all costs.
@churanah:
The crazy thing about Pat King being found guilty is that Pierre Poilievre hasn’t been charged for the exact same thing.
Prosecute Pierre.
Paul Champ@PaulChampLaw:
The Court found that the Convoy’s horn honking was “malicious conduct” designed to harm the people of downtown Ottawa.
Read entire King judgment last night. Court found “overwhelming evidence” of a planned “occupation of downtown Ottawa by 100s of large trucks” to “gridlock the area” and “cause acute distress to residents, merchants and workers by continuous honking of truck horns”. Case closed
Pat King found guilty of mischief for role in convoy protest, King’s defence argued that he was peacefully protesting during the three-week demonstration in early 2022 by David Baxter, The Canadian Press, Nov 22, 2024, CBC News
Pat King, one of the most prominent figures of the 2022 convoy protest in Ottawa, has been found guilty on five counts including mischief and disobeying a court order.
A judge in an Ottawa courtroom Friday said the Crown proved beyond a reasonable doubt that King was guilty on one count each of mischief, counselling others to commit mischief and counselling others to obstruct police. He was also found guilty of two counts of disobeying a court order.
The Alberta resident was found not guilty on three counts of intimidation and one count of obstructing police himself.
King could be facing up to 10 years in prison. The sentencing hearing is scheduled to begin on Jan. 16.
The Crown is seeking “significant” incarceration time in a penitentiary, while the defence wants King to be sentenced to time served and a period of probation.
King’s lawyer, Natasha Calvinho, said for now she was focused on the sentencing hearing and would determine if any other action, such as an appeal, would be pursued at a later date.
Calvinho said she and her client were disappointed with the ruling, but she said it was well reasoned.
“I think what the more important takeaway here, and what we’ve been saying from the very beginning, Mr. King was acquitted of all charges related to inciting any form of violence, specifically intimidation of Ottawa residents,” Calvinho said outside the courthouse.
“So, yes, he was convicted, a couple counts of mischief for his social media posts, as the judge found, and will continue to fight another day.”
The maximum sentence for mischief in this instance is 10 years.
In January 2022, the convoy attracted thousands of demonstrators to Parliament Hill in protest against public-healthprotections restrictions, COVID-19 vaccine mandates and the federal government. The event gridlocked downtown streets around Parliament Hill, with area residents complaining about the fumes from diesel engines running non-stop, and unrelenting noise from constant honking of horns and music parties.
The federal Liberal government ultimately invoked the Emergencies Act to try and bring an end to the protests, which had expanded to also block several border crossings into the United Statesand cost Canada billions of dollars in lost trade, pleasing to be sure, democracy hating Trump and his pal and partner Putin. Ottawa Police brought in hundreds of officers from police forces across Canada to force the protest to an endbut during the heat of the invasion, they helped the fucker truckers break the law.
King’s defence argued that King was peacefully protesting during the three-week demonstration and was not a leader of it.
But the Crown alleged he was a protest leader who was instrumental to the disruption the protest caused the city and people who lived and worked nearby. The Crown alleged King co-ordinated the honking, ordering protesters to lay on the horn every 30 minutes for 10 minutes at a time and told people to “hold the line” when he was aware policy and the city had asked the protesters to leave.
The Crown’s case relied mainly on King’s own videos, which he posted to social media throughout the protest to document the demonstration and communicate with protesters.
The court proceedings paused for about 10 minutes when King requested a short “health break” after the first verdicts on the mischief charges were read.
Superior Court Justice Charles Hackland described the honking as “malicious conduct” intended to disrupt residents, workers, businesses and others from lawfully enjoying downtown Ottawa.
Hackland also said that the videos show King was seen as and accepted the leadership role. He pointed to a quote from King, finding it “hilarious” that residents could not sleep for 10 days as “gleefully” aiding and abetting mischief.
This evidence also played a role in determining King’s guilt in disobeying a court order and counselling others to do the same. These charges relate to the original Feb. 7, 2022, injunction against using air and train horns in downtown Ottawa which was launched by residents. The City of Ottawa successfully filed for a similar injunction days later.
As for counselling others to obstruct police, Hackland found King’s call to “hold the line” was telling people not to move from the protest site despite police orders.
The judge said that phrase could be seen as a greeting between supporters of the convoy protest, but said there was no other logical interpretation in the context of King’s videos.
In the days before a multi-day police removal operation began, King called on people to link arms and sit down with their backs to police if officers tried to move them.
On the intimidation charges, Hackland said that a consistent theme of King’s videos were calls to remain peaceful and non-violent.This reported statement by the judge stinks, indicates to me he’s planning to let King off come sentencing day, prepping Canadians with falsehoods to make King look like an all round peace-loving hippy dippy love everyone nice Canadian guy. Or, the Crown neglected to show the clips made by King (or the judge disallowed them to protect racist’s hideous white ass) wherein King called to over throw our democratically elected gov’t with violent harm, including bullets for Trudeau:
Pat King: “The only way this is going to be solved is with bullets.”
He said that the target was always the federal government and COVID-19 policies, and specific individuals were not targeted by or through King’s actions.
As for an intimidation charge related to blocking highways, Hackland said that finding guilt in this instance would be an “overly broad” interpretation of the Criminal Code as the blockade was done as part of a political protest, which is protected by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
His trial was heard over several weeks between May and July.
King still has charges of perjury and obstruction of justice that need to be dealt with, a separate matter stemming from an April 2022 bail review hearing.
Details of the testimony that led to the charges are protected under a publication ban, which exists for all information that arises during a bail hearing.
OPC report on reports from poor,marginalized & vulnerable (residents of womens shelters, homeless & street kids shelters, lgbqt families, disabled, urban indigenous etc) in Ottawa core on abuse they suffered by Convoy members
https://documentcloud.org/documents/2359
StopFascismNow@stopfascism_now:
…They knew the impact it was having on us, and they liked it. Pat King is on video talking about how hilarious it was that people hadn’t slept in 10 days.oh so peaceful, says the judge.
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I am going to build a couple of threads with a history of the Convoy. Here’s Part 1.
First, the convoy had many of the same organizers who organized the 2019 “United We Roll Convoy” – Yellow Vests Canada, whose 100,000+ FB page was filled with death threats.
globalnews.ca/news/4827607/f…
Facebook reviewing comments about killing Trudeau on Canadian ‘yellow vests’ page – National | Globalnews.ca The Yellow Vests Canada group has gathered more than 100,000 members on Facebook since it launched a month ago. https://globalnews.ca/news/4827607/facebook-comments-killing-trudeau-canadian-yellow-vests/
While the 2019 convoy was notionally about pipelines and the carbon tax, Yellow Vest groups also referred to conspiracy theories that suggested that a “global migration pact” – an agreement to try to get countries to coordinate on refugees- would mean that people who criticized Islam could go to jail.
This conspiracy theory was one of several referenced by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer as well as now-Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
globalnews.ca/news/4728762/c…
Danielle Smith: UN Migration Pact part of the plan to extinguish Canadian identity – Calgary | Globalnews.ca “When Trudeau told the New York Times that Canada was ‘the first post-national state,’ I wasn’t sure what he meant,” writes radio host and blogger Danielle Smith. “But I never thought it would mean ex… https://globalnews.ca/news/4724472/danielle-smith-un-migration-pact-canadian-identity/
Canada’s immigration policies must not be dictated by UN migration pact: Scheer – National | Globalnews.ca Andrew Scheer is criticizing Justin Trudeau’s plan to sign a UN migration pact, saying Canada’s immigration policies should not be dictated by an international agreement. https://globalnews.ca/news/4728762/canada-immigration-policies-un-migration-pact-scheer/
The event was notable because of the high-profile support of Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, PPC leader Maxime Bernier, and Conservative Senator David Tkachuk said to “Roll over every liberal left in the country.”
Pat King, who has made multiple videos threatening violence, was a driver and organizer, and so was Tamara Lich.
The 2019 Convoy was also covered by Keean Bexte, a Rebel News Reporter who has worked for CPC MPs and who also ran a website selling Rhodesian military paraphernalia, covered & fundraised from the event.
So did Faith Goldy, a Rebel News Reporter who broadcast from a white supremacist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in which protestors were killed.
The Rebel plays an important role. It is a global source of extremist right-wing disinformation. It was founded by Ezra Levant & Hamish Marshall, who worked for Stephen Harper, Andrew Scheer, the Manitoba PCs & well the 2019 CPC Campaign, and campaigns in Australia and the U.K.
From 2015 to 2017, Hamish Marshall was one of 3 board members for The Rebel. Correspondents have included: Gavin McInnes, who founded the Proud Boys in 2016, a far-right militia group that was at Jan 6.
Proud Boys’ Bigotry is on Full Display https://www.adl.org/blog/proud-boys-bigotry-is-on-full-display
McInnes grew up in Ottawa & founded Vice Magazine with a government grant. McInnes left Vice in 2008. After a failed attempt at shock comedy, McInnes drifted as a correspondent for a series of far-right outlets. As a Rebel Media correspondent, McInnes posted a video called “Ten things I hate about Jews.”
McInnes was at the storming of the U.S. Capitol. In December, Proud Boys in Washington, DC were wearing shirts that read “6MWE” – Six Million Wasn’t Enough, suggesting that even more Jews should have been killed in the Holocaust
Proud Boys’ Bigotry is on Full Display https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/proud-boys-bigotry-full-display
Keean Bexte promoted the “Yellow Vests Convoy” in Ottawa. Bexte was a recruiter for the Manning Centre for Democracy & staffer for a CPC Alberta MP, & called for ending birthright citizenship in Canada at a CPC policy convention.
Rebel Media reporter worked for white supremacist web store Keean Bexte identified as one of the operators of Fireforce Ventures https://ricochet.media/justice/far-right/rebel-media-reporter-worked-for-white-supremacist-web-store/
Bexte ran “FireForce Ventures” a website that sold Rhodesian military paraphernalia from a time when Zimbabwe was ruled by a white supremacist government.
Bexte’s FireForce partners included Canadian Military & another CPC staffer, Adam Strashok. Strashok ran Jason Kenney’s call centre during his United Conservative Party (UCP) leadership run.
Meet the Canadian soldiers behind a white supremacist military surplus store Investigation connects Canadian Forces members to Fireforce Ventures, a web store glorifying the era of white rule in Rhodesia https://ricochet.media/justice/far-right/meet-the-canadian-soldiers-behind-a-white-supremacist-military-surplus-store/
In fact, one of Bexte’s correspondents, Kat Kanada is one of the people who has been linked with being paid for spreading Russian propaganda. Bexte was the guy who harrassed Justin Trudeau on the beach.
Other Rebel correspondents include Katie Hopkins, banned by multiple platforms for hate, but hired by The Rebel; Tommy Robinson, a far-right ex-convict from the UK.
Tommy Robinson, UK far-right figurehead, jailed for contempt of court | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/11/uk/tommy-robinson-jailed-contempt-of-court-gbr-intl/index.html
A point about Ezra Levant’s credibility: he has been successfully sued on a number of occasions. He had to apologize for defaming George Soros in a column for the Sun newspapers; in another case, a court found that Levant “spoke in reckless disregard of the truth.”
Ezra Levant ordered to pay $80,000 in libel suit; judge cites ‘reckless disregard for the truth’ Judgment says the Sun Media personality ‘took little or no responsibility for the accuracy’ of certain statements he published on his personal blog https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/judge-orders-ezra-levant-to-pay-saskatchewan-lawyer-80000-in-defamation-suit/article21824295/
Levant worked for Sun TV, created as a “Fox News Canada” and headed by Korey Teneycke. Teneycke worked at CAPP – Canada’s oil producers, Stephen Harper’s Dir. of Communications, then at Sun. For his part, Levant was a guest a number of times on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News in 2021.
So, all of the organizational and promotional appartus for the Convoy was already in place in 2019 and a couple of months later, the Conservative Party and oil executives and expert strategists met to discuss how to beat the Liberals. The list is pretty remarkable. archive.is/Ok5CB#selectio…
https://archive.is/Ok5CB#selection-2079.41-2079.103
Note the presence of Mike Roman, who worked as an organizer for Trump and has been indicted for his role in election crimes. Roman is Assistant Chair, and Stephen Harper the Chair of the IDU – the International Democratic Union.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/…
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/09/06/Mike-Roman-Canadian-Ties
April – May – June 2020
In April, there were already gatherings and protests by people who were spreading misinformation, arguing that COVID was a hoax. Close to that time, armed militias in Michigan had stormed the state legislature.
July 2, 2020
Cory Hurren, 46, drove from Swan River Manitoba to Ottawa, then drove his truck through the gates of Rideau Hall. Curren was charged with 22 offences, including threatening to cause death and bodily harm. He had bought into right-wing conspiracy theories.
There were various other attempts to push ideas and studies that were really junk science, or science that was essentially corrupted by junk economics. That includes the Great Barrington Declaration.
A Right-Wing Think Tank Is Behind the Controversial Great Barrington Declaration Calling for COVID-19 Herd Immunity An open letter that emerged earlier this month opposing COVID-19 shutdowns and calling for a “herd immunity” approach to addressing the coronavirus — which already has claimed over 220,000 American li… https://www.desmog.com/2020/10/26/american-institute-economic-research-great-barrington-declaration-herd-immunity-covid-19/
The convoy was being planned for months. In a video posted in August, organizer Pat King talked about “real bullets” and says that people have no idea what is headed their way.
The Convoy was also built on huge numbers of fake and stolen accounts. Whoever actually did it, didn’t want anyone to be able to trace it back to them.
web.archive.org/web/2024011019…
The hacked account and suspicious donations behind the Canadian trucker protests Hundreds of people have been camped out in the icy streets of Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, for more than a week, occupying the area around the nation’s government buildings. It’s a protest ostensibl… https://web.archive.org/web/20240110193441/https://themessenger.com/grid/the-hacked-account-and-suspicious-donations-behind-the-canadian-trucker-protests
Further, the Facebook Groups used to promote the occupation were traced to a company in Bangladesh.
web.archive.org/web/2024012803…
The Canadian ‘Freedom Convoy’ is backed by a Bangladeshi marketing firm and right-wing fringe groups A Bangladeshi firm appears to have played a key role in promoting the Ottawa protest online, and Grid has found increasing evidence of fringe conspiracies and violent extremism throughout the movement… https://web.archive.org/web/20240128035102/https://themessenger.com/grid/the-canadian-freedom-convoy-is-backed-by-a-bangladeshi-marketing-firm-and-right-wing-fringe-groups
The donors to the convoy came from a lot of conspiracy theorists. Lots of conservative US commentators suddenly cared about Canada more than they ever have before.
High-profile content spreaders like Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, Elon Musk, Theo Fleury and Bill Maher all shared disinformation based on far-right conspiracy theories on social media, HBO and Fox, as well as Tucker Carlson.
Tucker Carlson blasted for interview with Holocaust revisionist X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared the podcast to his personal account, calling it “Very interesting. Worth watching.” He later deleted his post, The New York Times reported. https://www.yahoo.com/news/tucker-carlson-blasted-interview-holocaust-201711288.html
The Convoy was organized by the same people who had organized the convoy in 2019. They were politically connected: Brad Wall, former Saskatchewan Premier gave them strategic advice before AND during the unlawful protest.
Former Sask. premier Brad Wall gave strategic advice to key convoy organizer Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall was in contact with a key organizer of the Freedom Convoy anti-mandate protest, providing strategic advice before and after the Ottawa occupation began, according… https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/former-sask-premier-brad-wall-gave-strategic-advice-to-key-convoy-organizer-1.5973718
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