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Two Windsor police officers in Windsor, Ontario are facing misconduct charges after they allegedly donated $50 or less to the Freedom Convoy Canadian truckers which attracted international attention earlier this year.
Constables Jason Michael Briscoe and Brooke Fazekas have been charged with discreditable conduct under the Ontario Police Services Act in response to allegations that the pair donated $50 and $40, respectively, to the convoy, the Windsor Star reports. Briscoe appeared at the Zoom hearing on Monday.
Allegedly, the names of Briscoe and Fazekash appeared on the convoy donor list that was hacked and leaked last winter.
The convoy protesting national vaccine mandates, snarling traffic in the Canadian capital Ottawa for weeks, also blocked key US-Canada border crossings, including the Ambassador Bridge that connects Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit, Michigan.
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Police line up as they prepare to enforce a ban on a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions that blocked traffic across the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario, on February 12, 2022.
(Nathan Dennett/The Canadian Press via AP)
In a message attached to his alleged donation, Briscoe thanked the Canadians “for the struggle for freedom at the foot of Sauron’s Tower”, a reference to the disembodied source of evil and oppression in the novels of J. RR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
After the Windsor Police Service’s Professional Standards Unit conducted an investigation, the department also disciplined the civilian employee with a one-day suspension without pay.
In a statement provided to Fox News Digital, Deputy Chief Frank Provident said: “Windsor Police condemns the actions of two sworn members and one civil servant who donated to support the Freedom Convoy that blocked access to the Ambassador Bridge earlier this year.”
A Freedom Convoy protester holds a ‘Hold the Line’ sign during a dance in Ottawa, Canada.
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“We hold our members to the highest standards of conduct, and those who fail to adhere to these principles must be held accountable for their conduct,” the Deputy Chief continued.
“By choosing to support an illegal blockade of our nation’s busiest border crossing, these members have shown a complete disregard for our city’s economy and reputation, as well as the safety of their colleagues dealing with a volatile situation,” Provident added.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently blamed climate change, the mentally ill and drug addicts for “threats” to politicians from citizens.
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Canada and its political leadership made international headlines and public attention due to the crackdown on a motorcade of truckers. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergency Law to quell the protests, which allowed the government to seize property and freeze the bank accounts of those involved.
