Crown Drops Charges After Judge Rules Convoy Protester’s Rights Violated

Published on August 14, 2024

The Crown has dropped its charges against a Freedom Convoy protester after a judge ruled his arrest unlawful and excluded video evidence collected without proper authorities. Benjamin Spicer, arrested during the police clearing operation of the protest in Ottawa on Feb. 19, 2022, was charged with mischief, obstructing justice, and being in possession of a knife and pepper spray. Spicer pleaded not guilty to the charges and alleged various breaches of his charter rights surrounding his arrest and processing. In a decision rendered on Aug. 2, Justice Timothy Lipson ruled the arrest of Spicer was unlawful, breaching his section 9 charter right against arbitrary detention. This made the resulting search of Spicer unlawful as well, said Lipson....

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