In the past hour my brother in Christ @TissenTobias has been arrested by @rcmpmb in Steinbach for the sake of the Gospel. Please pray for his young family and that God would strengthen him tonight in a special way. #standwithGod
"Bye Daddy" @TissenTobias arrested tonight in front of his family for being a minister of the Gospel in Canada.
Tobias had been "in hiding" since the warrant was issued, except he appeared at his church every Sunday morning and told the cops this. Since he's getting arrested for holding church service, he thought it only made sense he get arrested at the church. But the cops refused to arrest him there, instead trying to hunt him down everywhere except the place they knew he'd be.
Just because there's a warrant out for you, doesn't mean they're out to get you right now, especially if it's a minor/bullshit charge. They're mainly waiting for you to slip up (getting caught driving with a busted turn signal, for instance), or do something worse (assuming someone doesn't rat you out for the Crimestoppers money first, that is.)
You can bet your ass he was being watched the entire time.
Pretty sure it's illegal to arrest someone coming to, at, or going from a religious service. It's part of what made the Pastor Art situation so outrageous.
Every one who wilfully disturbs or interrupts an assemblage of persons met for religious worship or for a moral, social or benevolent purpose is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
Arresting him after the service, which he was willing to do, is legal under that section.
https://twitter.com/aylmerpastor/status/1450269982798098432
https://twitter.com/aylmerpastor/status/1450279038040354819
Tobias had been "in hiding" since the warrant was issued, except he appeared at his church every Sunday morning and told the cops this. Since he's getting arrested for holding church service, he thought it only made sense he get arrested at the church. But the cops refused to arrest him there, instead trying to hunt him down everywhere except the place they knew he'd be.
Because arresting clergy at their church is terrible optics, which matters more than the righteousness of the order.
Just because there's a warrant out for you, doesn't mean they're out to get you right now, especially if it's a minor/bullshit charge. They're mainly waiting for you to slip up (getting caught driving with a busted turn signal, for instance), or do something worse (assuming someone doesn't rat you out for the Crimestoppers money first, that is.)
You can bet your ass he was being watched the entire time.
They actually didn't know where he was- they were texting him asking where he was, looking into the windows of his home, etc.
Ah, so they've begun relying on technology for to do their work for them, too, I guess. Bet all he had to do now was just leave his cell phone off.
Pretty sure it's illegal to arrest someone coming to, at, or going from a religious service. It's part of what made the Pastor Art situation so outrageous.
Not quite, section 176(2):
Arresting him after the service, which he was willing to do, is legal under that section.