1/ I’ve stated several times that carrying empty gas cans, in these circumstances, is a crime. Perhaps I should briefly explain why.
2/ Its not actually that complex. There seems to be some belief that while carrying in full gas cans might be assisting in the ongoing convoy (mischief and breach of lawful order when they honk), the empty cans don’t really do anything. Thus not a crime.
3/ Not so. If they wished, police could arrest them all. Why? Because every person knows they are trying to create a deception designed to assist the obtaining of more gas for the trucks - the underlying crime that has prompted this behaviour.
4/ Say I rob a bank wearing a certain mask. I get the money myself. But I have ten friends planted outside the bank wearing the same clothes and masks. We all disperse to lessen the chance I get caught.
5/ We are all guilty of robbing the bank. Im the main PARTY, and they all assisted me. That is the same situation as the gas can shenanigans.
6/ As I tell my students, you don’t have to do something that is actually illegal to commit a crime. Carrying an empty can is no crime. Nor is wearing a mask@outside a bank.
7/ But if you do it for the purpose of assisting an actual crime and know this (the Ottawa gang all know this - the police told them!) you are committing a crime. Hope that helps!
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