Wed Nov 9, 2022 – 7:45 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – An Ontario judge ruled that political views posted on social media platforms cannot be used to jail or charge an individual with mischief.
As reported by Blacklock’s Reporter, Justice Robert Wadden of Ontario ruled in favor of Ontario resident David Romlewski, who faced charges for his participation in the Freedom Convoy protests.
“He is not to be convicted because of his political views, only criminal acts he committed,” Wadden noted.
The judge added that posting on Facebook in support of the Freedom Convoy was “an encouraging shout” and was not a criminal offence.
Romlewski was charged with obstructing police after he did not comply with an order from police on February 19 to leave an area close to Canada’s Parliament.
Police told him to “get up,” noting that if he did not do so, he was going to “get arrested.”
Romlewski instead stayed sitting in a pile of snow and made the sign of the cross.
Crown prosecutors pressed mischief charges against Romlewski and put forth as evidence a Facebook post he had made where he had given sympathetic notes to the “protest movement
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