Summary
Pat King, a key figure in Canada’s 2022 “Freedom Convoy” protests, was found guilty on five charges, including mischief and counseling others to obstruct police, and faces up to 10 years in prison.
The protests, which blocked downtown Ottawa and key US-Canada border crossings for weeks, opposed COVID-19 mandates imposed by Prime Minister Trudeau’s government.
King was accused of inciting the blockade, coordinating disruptive actions like constant honking, and defying court orders.
He is the first protest leader convicted, while trials for other organizers are ongoing.
Die in prison, asshole.
Feels like it took far too long, but glad it happened
This article has zero mention of this guy being a white supremacist. Like he is on video saying white people are the superior race.
Omitting this is enabling right wing extremism.
“… and I’m just gonna say this out loud. The only way that this is gonna be stopped is with bullets. And yah, I said it.” - Rat King, filthy fucking nazi, Dec 2021.
King has been found guilty of five charges: two counts of disobeying a court order and one each of mischief, counselling to commit mischief and counselling to obstruct a public or peace officer.
He’s been found not guilty of four charges: three of intimidation and counselling to commit intimidation, and one of obstructing a public or peace officer. cbc yesterday
Piece of crap was smiling through all the “not guilties.” So brazen - I remember he even wore a Sons of Odin hoodie at his bail hearing back in '22.
Is Sons of Odin a band or is it something else? I remember a Norse metal band having a name like that.
It is. Or was. I don’t know if the hoodie in question was for them.
I wonder why they were relevant to what they were saying then. They used to come up on my Pandora every once in a while when I was listening to Korpiklaani or Alestorm. Just wasn’t 100% sure of the name.
I really do hate people who conflate freedom with some notion that they get to be an asshole without any repercussions.
People in the US like to cry first amendment (freedom of speech, etc) any time something they say has consequences.
- Sexually harass a coworker? Freedom of speech!
- Business owner says something bigoted and people stop patronizing their business? Freedom of speech!
Funny how the same people with wE tHe PeOpLe bumper stickers are the ones who haven’t actually bothered to read the bill of rights.
Good.
Fuck the Kanada Klown Konvoy.
Thanks for helping to re-introduce diseases into your “stollen” Freedoms.
He allegedly coordinated the repeated periods of honking, telling the protesters to lay on the horn every 30 minutes for 10 minutes at a time […]. “Hold the line,” he said in video posts, appearing also to delight in the gridlock and misery of locals: “Pretty hilarious that people haven’t been able to sleep for 10 days.”
Yeah, hilarious alright.
Honestly I’m surprised I didn’t see more stories of people trying to beat the fuck out of those truck drivers.
Slashed air lines would have been on my todo list if it was in my area.
Bags of dog shit would be landing in the rigs left and right too.
I’m glad he’s going to prison
Nice to know there’s one part of North America that still has good news on occasion.
Lets see how it goes next October
Oh, we’re electing some greasy conservative who’s never worked a day in his life, somehow convincing absolute fuckwits that he represents “the people”. But we’re gonna get there through a massive campaign about theatre make-up and some charity.
My heart says oh fucking no… my head says, yeah, we’re fucked.
But he just wanted to save the children from the evil drag queens ! /S
True! I hate how drag queens are always making kids sleep in freezing cold trucks in the middle of winter and carry gas cans on their backs; using them as human shields and road blocks; making “the littles” (puke) sing and make freedom speeches “for the truckers” over their radio while their minders get shitfaced at noon on a Tuesday…
And when Canadians started asking out loud, “where tf is child services??? these kids should be in school!” the convites got a bunch of orange tshirts and Every Child Matters flags. Sneered about it on social media. Absolute filth.
Everyone’s for the right to protest until it’s a cause they disagree with. This guy is a hero who fought the tyrannical Covid lockdown regime, but I’m not surprised he didn’t receive justice given how willing most Canadians were to give up their rights without a fight.
Damn, I hope you were this upset about giving up your right to not wear pants on the bus.
It’s interesting all the psychopaths who loudly identify themselves by screaming that wearing a mask is too much of an inconvenience for them to help save peoples’ lives. Thanks for waving that banner so we know who you are.
Lol what rights were given up?
Hint: The answer is none.
“waaaaah I had to wear a mask for a little bit waaaaahhhhhh”
You’re not the sharpest knife in the drawer, are you?
At last, some good news!
