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.
“… 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.
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.
Do you have a good source on that?
The article from the post said
So I’m curious if there is an obvious call to violence.
Enough wiggle room where it would not be considered a credible threat. There’s a compilation video of statements he made on livestreams but I don’t want to link to Twitter, and can’t find it elsewhere quickly. It’s discussed in the following article re: the Emergencies Act inquiry, among others - https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/emergencies-act-inquiry-hears-from-protester-pat-king-freedom-convoy-lawyer-1.6135959
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.
EDIT: not Norse though. They’re from the US.
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.
Sons of Odin is also an anti-immigration organization, though in trying to get more details I’m having some difficulty differentiating between Soldiers of Odin in the reporting (and there’s a claim they aren’t related). Anyone have some better sources? I didn’t follow this side of things too closely. Lowest hanging fruit was this: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/sons-of-odin-hamilton-1.4152874