“Criminalizing Dissent”

Windsor Police Constable Michael Brisco Punished to Reinforce Political Control Over Law Enforcement

The Ontario Civilian Police Commission has reinforced its position that policing organizations and individual police officers should obey political orders without question, and ignore our Constitution, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the Rule of Law.

Windsor Police Constable Michael Brisco was convicted of Discreditable Conduct for anonymously donating $50 to the Freedom Convoy on February 7, 2022. The Ontario Civilian Police Commission just disallowed his appeal of the conviction and the outrageous penalty of 80 hours pay.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada

Ottawa appeals court ruling that found use of Emergencies Act ‘unreasonable’

Ottawa has filed to appeal a Federal Court decision that found its invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the 2022 “Freedom Convoy” protests was unjustified.

The government is asking the Federal Court of Appeal to overturn a January decision that found the government’s use of emergency law led to the infringement of constitutional rights.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Five Quick Things: Are They Even Conspiracy Theories Anymore?

There’s an old meme that you’ve surely seen. To paraphrase, it holds that conspiracy nuts are really just six months ahead of everybody else.

Then there’s the other meme that asks if you’ve apologized to your conspiracy theorist friends for doubting them.

These days, we’re beginning to shed our assumptions that the comfortable, boring normal we grew up with, in which most cops and politicians were honest and we could trust our institutions to act in beneficent ways, would continue. Americans know that those assumptions don’t hold anymore, and we’re beginning to come to terms with the fact that we’re in decline as a country, and active measures — and real reforms — have to be engaged if we don’t want to see the end of our republic as we know it.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent"

‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer suing Ottawa for using Emergencies Act to freeze accounts

OTTAWA – A main organizer of the “Freedom Convoy” is suing the federal government for using the Emergencies Act to freeze his bank accounts, arguing it breached his Charter rights to protest COVID-19 mandates.

Chris Barber, who owns a trucking company in southwestern Saskatchewan, filed last week a statement of claim in Court of King’s Bench in Saskatoon, claiming the federal government’s unprecedented move to invoke the act constituted an abuse of power.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent"

Disinformation-Peddling Media Had Multiple Meetings with German Government

The managing director of Correctiv, the self-proclaimed “independent investigative journalism network” that recently ran a disinformation piece against the AfD—falsely accusing the party of planning to deport millions of Germans with migrant backgrounds—met with officials from the federal government on numerous occasions, apparently to “exchange ideas” on what coverage is desirable.

Correctiv’s false reporting—deliberate or not—on what has come to be known as the “Potsdam Meeting” precipitated a wave of anti-AfD demonstrations across Germany and prompted calls for the left-liberal traffic coalition to initiate banning proceedings against the increasingly popular party.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", "Disinformation", Germany, Germany - AfD party

After Court Victory for Freedom Convoy, Canadians Ready to Sue

Several Freedom Convoy protesters, buoyed by a recent victory in Canadian federal court, said they’re preparing to sue the federal government, banks, and the police that brought the 2022 protest to a heated end.

“I think it’s the second phase to what took place with the federal court case,” military veteran and plaintiff Eddie Cornell said. “We’ve got a big hill to climb, but it’s something that’s necessary. It has to be done.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada

Lawsuit against convoy organizers moves forward

A $300-million class-action lawsuit filed against Freedom Convoy protesters, donors and organizers on behalf of downtown Ottawa residents and businesses is moving forward after a judge ruled against a motion filed by the defendants.

Superior Court Justice Calum MacLeod heard arguments in December for and against a motion brought under anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) legislation.

The legislation serves to protect people from vexatious lawsuits filed to silence opponents through legal and financial intimidation. Convoy organizers filed the motion in an attempt to have the lawsuit tossed, arguing it amounted to an attack on freedoms of expression.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent"

Race Grifting Pickering mayor slams Councillor Lisa Robinson’s common sense Black history month column as ‘racist’ and ‘unethical’

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A controversial Pickering councillor’s column ranting about Black History Month is being slammed by the mayor as “racist, irresponsible and unethical,” and may bring further discipline for the councillor whose pay was suspended twice last year.

In the 1,000-word article published in The Oshawa/Durham Central Newspaper, Coun. Lisa Robinson denounced government programs for Black communities, said people are “hung up” on the transatlantic slave trade, called the idea of white privilege “racist,” and called herself a “modern-day slave.”

The column, which contained several spelling and grammatical errors, was titled “It is not black and white,” and suggested that Black History Month is divisive.

No doubt this caused the usual woke race grifters to salivate like Pavlov’s dog. 

But the fact is their reaction proves that Ms. Robinson has struck a nerve.

She didn’t say anything racist, she merely expressed truths that exposed the race baiters con.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Affirmative Action", "Anti-White Racism", "Cancel Culture", "Criminalizing Dissent", Black Lives Matter, Black Privilege

Germany: Spy Agency Sets Sights on Former Chief Over ‘Right-Wing Extremism’

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Germany’s increasingly politicized domestic intelligence agency, has placed its former chief, Hans-Georg Maaßen, under observation over, among other things, his alleged proximity to individuals in the ‘right-wing extremist’ scene.

In a 20-page letter sent to Maaßen’s lawyer’s office the intelligence agency informed its ex-boss as to the reasons for his surveillance, listing information and details it has collected regarding his activities and associations that it believes are indicative of right-wing extremism.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", Germany

Trudeau Liberals monitored ̷d̷o̷m̷e̷s̷t̷i̷c̷ ̷e̷x̷t̷r̷e̷m̷i̷s̷t̷s̷ people who disagreed with them as possible threats to 2021 election: docs

A “significant” spike in threats to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other senior public figures during the 2021 federal election led to concerns that domestic extremist groups and anti-vaccine protestors could pose a threat to the vote, newly-released documents suggest.

The documents, prepared by a multi-agency committee tasked with safeguarding federal elections from interference, show it wasn’t just hostile foreign states and their proxies that had officials concerned about the integrity of the vote.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", "extremists", "far right", "Surveillance Society", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

After Court Win on Emergencies Act, Challengers Say They’ll Sue Feds and Banks

Several challengers to the Emergencies Act say they’re preparing to sue government officials and financial institutions after the Federal Court’s recent declaration that the invocation of the act was not justified.

Military veteran Eddie Cornell, police veteran Vincent Gircys, and Jeremiah Jost said in a Jan. 29 statement that they will sue “those in government, the financial institutions who froze people’s bank accounts, and the police officers who beat up and injured innocent.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

There Must Be Some Redress for the Emergencies Act Mistake

Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland tried to make Freedom Convoy participants into villains. Whenever they spoke about the convoy, during those fateful days in January 2022, they did their best to twist the facts and make the protesters look terrible. But by invoking the heavy-handed Emergencies Act, they instead made the convoy members the victims of government overreach.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Ontario Teen Suspended for Gender Views Seeks Judicial Review of ‘Secret’ School Board Decision

An Ontario teen who was suspended from school after supporting female students concerned over transgender students using the girls’ bathroom is asking the court to review the school board’s decision.

Josh Alexander was initially suspended from St. Joseph’s Catholic High School, which is part of the Renfrew County Catholic District School Board (RCCDSB) in Ontario, in November 2022 after expressing his view that there are only two genders.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Cancel Culture", "Criminalizing Dissent", "They really do want your children"