David Lindsay, a leader of Kelowna’s self-proclaimed “Freedom Fighters,” has been found guilty of assaulting security guards while trying to enter an Interior Health building
A Kelowna Provincial courtroom was flooded with about 100 people on April 12, as a leader of Kelowna’s self-proclaimed group of “Freedom Fighters”, was to be sentenced after being found guilty of assault.
At the time, Lindsay had been banned from the Interior Health building in relation to previous protests that he had organized and his unwillingness to wear a mask, despite the COVID-19 mandates that were in place at the time. In the videos, a security guard is heard saying “You can do your demonstration out on the street,” to which Lindsay responded, “I disagree, I have a right of access.”
However, Crown prosecutor Grabavac submitted that rather than sentencing Lindsay based on the severity of the assault, Judge Heinrichs should consider the circumstances surrounding the incident. The victims also allege that they have been “harassed” by Lindsay’s supporters in public and online since the incident.
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