Mon Mar 7, 2022 – 4:01 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – Testimony indicates that the truckers’ Freedom Convoy fundraising initiatives were shut down last month as a result of claims from Ottawa’s mayor to GoFundMe executives that the protesters were committing violent acts.
According to a Blacklock’s Reporter report, Ottawa mayor Jim Watson’s office told GoFundMe that neighborhood allegations claimed truckers were committing acts of violence and damage to personal property.
GoFundMe lawyer Kim Wilford said at a House of Commons public safety committee last week that they had “reached out” to Watson’s office regarding the Freedom Convoy. Wilford said they received “credible, consistent information from members of law enforcement and members of the Mayor’s Office.”
Wilford added that they “heard” there were issues “around violence, harassment, damage,” so they decided to reassess “the campaign.”
Wilford then said that they discussed the information provided to them from Watson’s office regarding claims of “acts of violence, damage, destruction and harassment,” and this was enough for them to decide to remove “this (the Freedom Convoy’s GoFundMe page) from our platform.”
However, most of the 197 Freedom Convoy protesters were charged with mischief.
Police records indicate that only two
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