1. As the Emergencies Act Inquiry continues we need to remember that most of the individuals who participated in the #OttawaOccupation and border blockades are still planning further actions.
And that includes a "convoy" planned for Lethbridge in support of the Coutts arrestees.
2. This week occupation organizers such as Tamara Lich and Pat King appear before the Emergencies Act Inquiry, however we have to remember the EA wasn't only enacted due to the situation in Ottawa but also because of the border blockades.
chatnewstoday.ca/2022/10/30/eme…
3. Borders were shut down in BC, Alberta, Manitoba, and Ontario. The most economically damaging was likely the closing down of the Ambassador bridge but the longest and perhaps most dangerous blockade was at the Coutts, AB border crossing.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
4. A number of weapons, as well as body armor, was found there. Four men (one of whom has links to Diagolon) were arrested and face charges including weapons and plotting to murder RCMP officers.
5. Almost immediately after the arrests there were accusations that the RCMP and "Trudeau" were framing the men who were arrested.
For example, here is Elliot Mcdavid claiming first that the weapons actually belonged to a gang called the Sons of God who were hiding in Coutts.
6. But moments later he claimed that the weapons were planted by the RCMP.
7. Mcdavid then goes on to share some of the wild (and debunked) conspiracy theories that prompted him and others to participate in this border blockade.
8. Now if the name Elliot Mcdavid is at all familiar to you it is because he was the person who accosted @cafreeland in Grande Prairie.
9. Elliot and his brother "Reddog" Mcdavid were also two of the participants in the Marcus Ray event this past September.
"Reddog" will be appearing again later in this thread.
10. The narrative of "the Coutts Four" being political prisoners has continued since their arrest.
And on November 4, there is a plan for a "convoy" to go to Lethbridge in part to demand their release.
11. One of the organizing groups is called The Horseback Riders for Freedom. Their FB was created by someone referring to themselves as "Jade Black Panther" though their profile seems very new.
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13. I mean, can't pass up the merchandising opportunities, eh?
14. No mention of the actual charges the four men are facing.
No, they are being "persecuted" for holding down the fort... apparently.
Also, can't help noticing George Billings has "liked" this effort.
15. Others are also jumping on board including such as this Yellow Vester.
16. Probably not surprising, "Reddog" Mcdavid is also promoting the event and, as he and his brother were also at Coutts, will likely be participating.
17. Now one could hardly miss the calls for violence from the people who are commenting.
18. And if you are thinking that maybe Mcdavid missed these, well, it seems that he might be fine with calls for political violence based on this exchange.
19. And given their talk about firearms, it might be worth being a bit concerned.
20. Another person who was in Coutts and who is promoting the protest is Logan Murphy whom I've written about at length (do a search of my tweets).
21. A QAnon conspiracy proponent who was present at the Capitol in Washington D.C. on January 6, 2021, Murphy has now clearly fallen into the antisemitism void as well now.
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23. So I suppose we shall see what comes of their plans for Lethbridge this Friday and the numbers they manage to bring out.
While some who supported the protests have drifted away with the elimination of mandates, the die hards remain.
24. If you are at all interested, this "thread of threads" contains a information related to both the #OttawaOccupation as well as the border blockades, particularly Coutts and the fallout from the arrests.
25. #FreedomConvoy #FreeDumbConvoy #freedumb #OttawaOccupation #onpoli #EmergenciesAct #EmergenciesActInquiry #POEC #ottcity #ottawa #cdnpoli #convoy #ConvoyInquiry
26. Some additional context.
rdnewsnow.com/2022/09/16/mor…
27. Alex van Herk, one of the men facing new charges, was also at the Marcus Ray event in Manitoba this past September 11 weekend.
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