Tue Oct 11, 2022 – 5:07 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – A member of the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) pleaded guilty to one count of discreditable conduct for giving money to the trucker Freedom Convoy despite her donation taking place before police took action to clear out protesters.
Constable Kristina Neilson has been with the OPS since 2012 and has no prior record of misconduct. She made the guilty plea under Canada’s Police Services Act last Thursday.
The statement of facts shows Neilson first gave $55 to the Freedom Convoy’s GoFundMe page on January 23, only two days after vehicles had shown up in Ottawa to protest COVID mandates.
She later gave money to the Freedom Convoy’s GiveSendGo on February 5.
The GiveSendGo was started when the Freedom Convoy’s GoFundMe was shut down after raising more than $10 million in only a few weeks.
Neilson last month had been charged by the OPS for discreditable conduct for her Freedom Convoy donation. The OPS had claimed Neilson’s actions were done “in a disorderly manner.”
The OPS said Neilson knew she was supporting what the force had called an “illegal occupation.”
However, on February 5, when Neilson made
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