I just got off the phone with Artur's lawyers. They say the rouge guards said they demanded that the judge issue two orders -- one for Pastor Artur, and a separate one for his brother Dawid. Apparently those guards are superior to Justice German of the Court of Queen's Bench.
I just got off the phone with Artur's lawyers. They say the rouge guards said they demanded that the judge issue two orders -- one for Pastor Artur, and a separate one for his brother Dawid. Apparently those guards are superior to Justice German of the Court of Queen's Bench.
The rogue prison guards at the Calgary Remand Centre also said that the judge spelled Dawid Pawlowski's name wrong -- they insisted it be spelled "David" before he is released. But his name is spelled Dawid.The jail guards refuse to comply. This is not a drill.
The "acting director" of the remand centre just came and told every journalist waiting outside for Artur Pawlowski to leave the property. I guess they don't want the release to be as high profile as the arrest.
I’m advised that the order to defy Justice Germain and to illegally keep Pastor Artur in jail was made by the director of the Calgary Remand Centre, not the guards themselves. I called the Remand Centre and they refused to comment, or to even tell me the director’s name.
If the decision to defy the judge was made by individual guards, they need to be suspended. If — as now seems more likely — they were following political orders handed down by the jail’s director, that is a deeper scandal that reaches into the government itself.
UPDATE Prison guards violating court order: https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/1391884084683628546
Prison guards also trying to bully journalists from recording his release: https://twitter.com/TheRealKeean/status/1391880697481023488
UPDATE 2 https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/1391905250727145476