Dylan kindly ‘blew the horn’ on the criminal trial of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber – two of the main organizers of the Freedom Convoy – with the smear campaign by our friendly neighbourhood mainstream media (CBC - the Corrupt Bullshale Corporation). If convicted, each may face up to 10 years in jail.
Fortunately, the ‘free’ media is out in full strength covering the trial in as much detail as they are allowed. I’d like to share a few interesting tidbits of each of the first two days. (The trial is scheduled to last 16 days: 10 by the prosecution and 6 by the defence).
Day 1: the first piece of evidence provided by the prosecution was a painstakingly manicured video that tried its best to portray the protesters as utter savages (yeah, groups chanting ‘love over fear’ is really violent; so is the sight of all streets having one lane cleared to allow local traffic to move – both of these were in the video) and the police as Dudley Do-Rights (no scenes of trampling by quarter-horses or cops repeatedly kneeing wounded combat veterans or breaking the windows of trucks and hauling the occupants out for a good sound thrashing). Those who saw the video in the courtroom stated that it was pretty unconvincing. Another interesting development in Day 1 was the prosecution’s repeated use of the term ‘occupation’; the defence lawyer objected, giving the dictionary/military definition of the term and the judge seemed to side with the defence. A more detailed summary with little video here: https://www.rebelnews.com/tamara_lich_and_chris_barber_freedom_convoy_organizers_day_1_trial_recap
Day 2: the first witness was Ottawa Police Service Inspector Russell Lucas, who served as an incident commander during the protest. Lucas stated that his efforts to work with the convoy to reduce the trucks’ footprint and impact on downtown Ottawa businesses was stonewalled by the Police Chief’s office who told him to not concede “one inch” to the convoy. (The frustrating thing is that the convoy had actually planned to park in the least disruptive parts of downtown but when they entered the city streets had been blocked off by the police and were directed where to park their vehicles, which included in highly populated areas). Outside the courtroom there was a scene of Chris being pursued by a wack-job on a tricycle (crazies gotta do crazy, I guess) and Tamara stopping on the way to the courthouse to erect a bicycle that had been knocked down by the media scrum surrounding her and to say a kind word to the cyclist who was seated on a bench beside the fallen bicycle (she’s such a sweetheart!). A more detailed summary with little video here: https://www.rebelnews.com/tamara_lich_and_chris_barber_freedom_convoy_organizers_day_2_trial_recap
More summaries to come periodically over the next few weeks.
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Trial of Tamara and Chris: First Two Days
Date: 2023-09-07 02:43 am (UTC)Fortunately, the ‘free’ media is out in full strength covering the trial in as much detail as they are allowed. I’d like to share a few interesting tidbits of each of the first two days. (The trial is scheduled to last 16 days: 10 by the prosecution and 6 by the defence).
Day 1: the first piece of evidence provided by the prosecution was a painstakingly manicured video that tried its best to portray the protesters as utter savages (yeah, groups chanting ‘love over fear’ is really violent; so is the sight of all streets having one lane cleared to allow local traffic to move – both of these were in the video) and the police as Dudley Do-Rights (no scenes of trampling by quarter-horses or cops repeatedly kneeing wounded combat veterans or breaking the windows of trucks and hauling the occupants out for a good sound thrashing). Those who saw the video in the courtroom stated that it was pretty unconvincing. Another interesting development in Day 1 was the prosecution’s repeated use of the term ‘occupation’; the defence lawyer objected, giving the dictionary/military definition of the term and the judge seemed to side with the defence.
A more detailed summary with little video here: https://www.rebelnews.com/tamara_lich_and_chris_barber_freedom_convoy_organizers_day_1_trial_recap
Day 2: the first witness was Ottawa Police Service Inspector Russell Lucas, who served as an incident commander during the protest. Lucas stated that his efforts to work with the convoy to reduce the trucks’ footprint and impact on downtown Ottawa businesses was stonewalled by the Police Chief’s office who told him to not concede “one inch” to the convoy. (The frustrating thing is that the convoy had actually planned to park in the least disruptive parts of downtown but when they entered the city streets had been blocked off by the police and were directed where to park their vehicles, which included in highly populated areas). Outside the courtroom there was a scene of Chris being pursued by a wack-job on a tricycle (crazies gotta do crazy, I guess) and Tamara stopping on the way to the courthouse to erect a bicycle that had been knocked down by the media scrum surrounding her and to say a kind word to the cyclist who was seated on a bench beside the fallen bicycle (she’s such a sweetheart!).
A more detailed summary with little video here: https://www.rebelnews.com/tamara_lich_and_chris_barber_freedom_convoy_organizers_day_2_trial_recap
More summaries to come periodically over the next few weeks.
Freedom! Liberté! Justice!
Ron M