Western Standard - Cory talks about the latest release of Lich on bail.

00:00:00.720 So, I mean, I'm going to give some background.

00:00:02.460 I've been something of a dedicated news watcher since I learned how to turn on a TV as a child

00:00:06.500 and since learning how to read, I devoured newspapers at every chance.

00:00:10.860 I was something of a dork that way, and I still am now.

00:00:14.560 Never in all my reading have I seen such an obsessive persecution

00:00:18.680 and attempted prosecution of a Canadian citizen as I have with Tamara Leach.

00:00:23.220 It's descended into polarized madness.

00:00:25.120 I mean, we've got a frothing social media mob comprising of everybody from average citizens

00:00:29.400 to establish media members, and they're waving figurative pitchforks

00:00:32.700 and demanding that a non-violent dominion of grandmother remain locked up for months

00:00:37.140 awaiting trial on mischief charges.

00:00:41.100 Are they so lost in their frenzy that they can't stop a moment and look at themselves,

00:00:44.980 listen to themselves?

00:00:46.220 Do they really want to live in a society where activists protesting the state

00:00:49.220 can be jailed indefinitely over an offense so petty as having taken a selfie next to the wrong person?

00:00:54.000 It's repugnant to behold. It really is.

00:00:56.140 And I hope some of these folks can really take a breather

00:00:58.500 and bear in mind that precedents are being set,

00:01:01.140 and some of their beloved left-wing activists might face similar treatment in the future

00:01:04.500 once the government changes.

00:01:06.460 And I would oppose the treatment of them too, by the way.

00:01:08.460 I support the freedom to protest for left and right.

00:01:11.940 Protesters have crossed the line and found themselves facing criminal charges

00:01:15.020 since the beginning of the Confederation.

00:01:16.840 Never, though, has a peaceful protester faced such a malicious prosecution as Tamara Leach has.

00:01:21.720 I mean, in searching, it's not hard to find examples of protesters

00:01:23.900 who have long criminal histories and been charged with assaulting police

00:01:26.820 and all sorts of things, and they're immediately released on bail.

00:01:29.900 We can find cases almost daily of sex offenders and other criminals

00:01:32.560 with long violent histories too, and they're released on bail with fewer conditions than Leach.

00:01:36.480 There's no doubt that this ongoing hysteric effort to jail Leach is politically motivated.

00:01:40.640 The Crown Prosecutor donated $17,000 to Trudeau's Liberals.

00:01:44.700 He's more than just a casual supporter of the party.

00:01:47.060 He also knows that if he can make a petty prime minister like Trudeau smile,

00:01:51.960 he can find himself with a judicial appointment.

00:01:53.700 Let's not pretend he isn't motivated by this,

00:01:56.240 as he's been chastened in the courtroom repeatedly for his zealous actions.

00:02:00.800 The Justice of the Peace who refused to release Leach a couple weeks ago

00:02:05.100 could very well have been seeking promotion as well.

00:02:07.460 I mean, he's just a bureaucrat, and he wasn't even a lawyer.

00:02:09.300 You've got to climb that ladder somehow.

00:02:12.160 When Leach's case has gone before real judges, though they've ruled,

00:02:15.700 she's to be released.

00:02:16.580 They understand the law, even if so many Craven Trudeau fart catchers can't.

00:02:21.640 Justice Goodman politely explained to an outraged Crown Prosecutor yesterday

00:02:25.400 how the law works as he ruled that Leach was to be released.

00:02:29.340 Goodman noted that two Justices of the Peace aligned themselves with the Prosecutor,

00:02:33.520 but two Superior Court Justices didn't.

00:02:36.040 It was sort of a polite way of saying the JPs were out of their depth.

00:02:39.300 Goodman also pointed out the Crown needed to prove men's ria in the case.

00:02:43.580 That essentially means proving Leach knowingly and purposely breached a bail conditioning.

00:02:47.680 Taking a quick selfie didn't really meet that far.

00:02:51.300 Justice Goodman corrected the record on something that many Trudeau apologists keep claiming.

00:02:54.660 He pointed out that she's not charged with sedition or inciting a riot.

00:02:58.080 He said while the protests were of national import,

00:02:59.740 the charges relate to minor offenses in the criminal code.

00:03:02.380 And he finds it highly unlikely that a woman with no criminal record

00:03:05.500 is going to spend any more time in jail.

00:03:06.720 This is important. She's been charged with mischief. 0.98

00:03:09.880 Not sedition.

00:03:11.440 Not starting riots.

00:03:13.240 He's also noting if she was convicted on the charges she has,

00:03:15.600 she's already served enough days to cover any sentence in the future in reality. 0.99

00:03:19.520 This part of the ruling is critical.

00:03:22.060 He says,

00:03:22.240 Now he won't say it, but I will.

00:03:36.040 Tamara Leach has been a political prisoner.

00:03:38.640 The judge ordered the shackles to be removed from the grandmother and that she be released. 0.69

00:03:43.560 She hasn't been found not guilty by the courts.

00:03:46.100 But she still has, she presents no risk to society in being free while she awaits trial.

00:03:52.380 Only the most fanatical of people would think she presents any real risk to the public.

00:03:56.080 Leach's travails are far from over,

00:03:57.500 but another of the absurd assaults on her freedom has been lifted, at least for the time being.

00:04:01.200 We're witnessing political persecution and travesty of justice in real time in a nation that used to pride itself on freedoms.

00:04:07.780 History is not going to look kindly upon this year's events in Canada with Tamara Leach.

Western Standard - July 27, 2022

Cory talks about the latest release of Lich on bail.

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