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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.

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[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 hours ago

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.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 26 points 4 hours ago

I really do hate people who conflate freedom with some notion that they get to be an asshole without any repercussions.

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 54 points 6 hours ago

Good.

Fuck the Kanada Klown Konvoy.

Thanks for helping to re-introduce diseases into your "stollen" Freedoms.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 20 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

Honestly I'm surprised I didn't see more stories of people trying to beat the fuck out of those truck drivers.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 18 points 5 hours ago

I'm glad he's going to prison

[–] bighatchester@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 27 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Nice to know there's one part of North America that still has good news on occasion.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 24 points 6 hours ago

Lets see how it goes next October

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 hours ago

At last, some good news!