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Shocking new in @TorontoStar piece about the woman killed by a slaughter truck while protesting Ontario’s ag gag law. Driver was told by 911 not to move just moments before he plowed into her. This info never made it into the court case against him. thestar.com/news/canada/po…
There’s a video from the Star narrated by @_kevindonovan that plays the 911 call and shows surveillance video of Regan Russell standing in plain sight while she is run over by the trucker. Warning: contains scenes of death.
The prosecutor in this case has a lot to answer for. Why was the trucker allowed to plead guilty to a mere provincial offence and pay a fine? Why were the 911 call or surveillance video never shared publicly or played in court?
This is also relevant to @AnimalJustice’s constitutional challenge to Ontario’s dangerous ag gag laws. The province tried to justify them in court last week with a safety argument. But it is very clearly the actions of the truck drivers that have caused a safety risk.
Heartbroken all over again for Regan Russell and her family. I was on the scene right after her death on June 19, 2020 and will never forget the horror of that day. All she wanted was to provide brief comfort to the pigs brutally slaughtered every day at Fearmans Pork. 💔 
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