BREAKING: Pastor Derek Reimer convicted for breaching conditions despite acquittal on original charges
Although he was acquitted of charges stemming from a drag queen story time protest event at a Calgary library, the pastor was convicted of breaching conditions placed on him following his arrest in February 2023.
Even if the conditions aren't moot because he was acquitted, there's still no mens rea as IIRC he was something like 150-175m (500-575 ft) away so clearly he was trying to abide by the conditions. Normal people can't easily eyeball 200m and the cops were ordered not to give him any leeway and arrest him on the spot- which the judge should have thrown out on that basis too because that's clearly politicized policing.
So there's 2 other reasons the judge should have thrown this case out.
Exactly. It should not have been allowed to get as far as it did in the courts.
It only has because feelings were hurt for the correct people.