4 Alberta border protesters charged with conspiring to murder RCMP officers

[BlueWavePsych]

Seven of the protesters arrested in connection with a blockade at the Coutts, Alta., border crossing have been granted bail but those accused of conspiring to murder RCMP officers remain behind bars.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/coutts-protest-charges-laid-court-appearance-bail-1.6352482

More here: https://globalnews.ca/news/8622765/conspiracy-to-murder-weapons-chargers-coutts-blockade-raid/

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

1. Christofascism

Far-right Christian ideology

LeMay said the Coutts group has close ties to Christian libertarian factions in both Canada and the United States. His firm’s investigator observed American protesters and supporters within the Coutts group, “suggesting they are crossing the border at will while it is blockaded,” the threat assessment stated.

Critically, the assessment concluded that the blockade, which began under the auspices of protesting COVID-19 public health measures, had become more concerned with “replacing our current democratic system of government with a government that is based upon the principles of the Christian right.

“The rule of law would be replaced with the word of God, as interpreted through right-libertarian ideologies, specifically: civil liberties, natural law, and a major reversal of the modern welfare state,” it said.

https://globalnews.ca/news/8621733/coutts-blockaders-discussed-blocking-airport-cargo-terminals-private-threat-assessment/

[BlueWavePsych]

2. Diagolon links.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/2/15/2080586/-Canadian-truckers-with-guns-make-the-terms-of-disobedience-clearer-or-not

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

3. Fine Folks on Both Sides of the Border...n/t

[Chainfire]

4. That is what you call, "loaded for bear."

It is a little odd that I only see a couple of handguns on the table. It may be that none of those weapons are "illegal." even in Canada. The high-capacity magazines may even be legal if they have been altered to only hold a certain number of cartridges.

Of course, the people that brought the weapons to the protest are just "freedom fighters" trying to make Canada Great Again. They will be right-wing heroes and martyrs sacrificed the glory of the cause of "freedom."

I hope the RCMP has the goods to send these folks away for a long time.

[Bev54]

5. This will help the government gain more support for banning of more weapons

The Liberals are pushing for a further ban on certain weapons and I hope they do it. We do not need to carry weapons here.