Convoy protest organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber stand co-accused of mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to commit mischief and intimidation for their roles in the 2022 convoy protest.
Lich and Barber are on trial for their role in the protest that gridlocked Ottawa for three weeks in 2022. The Crown has taken the court through several days of social media evidence from Barber’s TikTok account and the “Freedom Convoy 2022” Facebook page, though the defence plans to argue some of that is irrelevant.
The videos were compiled by Sgt. Joanne Pilotte, who was directed to download certain videos by an Ottawa police detective as part of the investigation.On Wednesday, Barber’s defence lawyer began showing videos that were not gathered by police, showing Barber calling for protesters to remain peaceful and to respect police and Ottawa residents.
Earlier in the trial, Lich’s lawyer said if the Crown shows evidence of the negative side of the protest, the defence is entitled to show “the other side.”