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A Canadian trucker who took part in the 2022 Freedom Convoy in protest against COVID mandates and who was zip-tied and denied access to legal counsel has been spared jail time after a court instead gave him probation.
In a court update, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) said that Guy Meister, who was a peaceful trucker, was “denied access to legal counsel and held for hours in a freezing police van” after his arrest during the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest and is now free.
The JCCF noted that Meister, who had no previous criminal record but a long history of volunteerism, received a conditional discharge and six months’ probation — avoiding jail time.”
Meister was arrested by police on February 18, 2022, after the large-scale police takedown of the Freedom Convoy protesters when then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau authorized never-before-used emergency powers.
He was convicted of mischief and obstructing police after he parked his truck in downtown Ottawa in protest.
