And so the trial phase begins for the "key organizers" of this largely white trucker "Freedom Convoy" that sat on Ottawa streets for weeks, blowing their horns, threatening locals, spouting all sorts of racist crap that never does anybody any good.
Arguments about free speech will take up much of this 16-day trial. Same too with what constitutes an "absolute."
Albertan Tamara Lich has a high-profile celebrity lawyer making yet another bid to become a Canadian household name, while Albertan Chris Barber's counsel is adamant that her client was in fact trying to work with Ottawa police to elevate the congestion that comes with trucks gridded together, its drivers BBQing burgers, kid's jumping on trampolines and splashing in inflatable pools, not exacerbate it, as the prosecution will argue. This is a brilliant ploy on the defence's part, given the shit show that occurred at all three levels of government. Indeed, in an effort to make its case, prosecution will have to reveal even more about what all three levels of government don't want us to know about how uncoordinated they are when it comes to this convey's wolf rolling into town in sheep's clothing.
Something else: defence is attempting to block Ottawa residents from taking the stand, presumably to give victim impact statements describing what a living hell it was to be on the edge of this Grate Trek's laager, like the museum curator who woke up one night to find someone having a bowel movement outside her bedroom window, while the BM'ers husband sat in the darkened cab of their semi -- one hand pointing a flashlight up underneath his chin, the other pulling down on an airhorn.
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