The trial into mischief charges for Coutts Border Blockade organizers Marco Van Huigenbos, Alex Van Herk, and George Janzen has been adjourned until Dec. 12. .A Friday hearing saw the Crown attorney request more time to prepare which the judge granted. .About 90 people showed up to the hearing. .Alberta RCMP slapped Van Huigenbos, Van Herk, and Janzen with charges in September as it continued to investigate the Coutts Border Blockade. .READ MORE: Alberta RCMP lay more charges for Coutts Border Blockade.The organizers were charged with mischief over $5,000. .On Friday, a trucker convoy travelled to the Lethbridge Provincial Court to protest the organizers being charged. The convoy was more than one kilometre long. .A convoy organizer who did not want to be named said it ended at Park Place Mall. .“We cannot get close,” said the organizer. .“Every intersection around the courthouse is controlled by cops.” .The Coutts Border Blockade ended in February after a police investigation uncovering a large cache of weapons and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoking the Emergencies Act (War Measures Act). .READ MORE: WATCH: Protesters retreating at Coutts border blockade.“Because of what’s happened with the police situation, we think it’s the right thing to do,” said protestor Abe Martens. .Protestors arrived in Coutts in January and intermittently blocked lanes to and from the Canada-US border for more than two weeks.
The trial into mischief charges for Coutts Border Blockade organizers Marco Van Huigenbos, Alex Van Herk, and George Janzen has been adjourned until Dec. 12. .A Friday hearing saw the Crown attorney request more time to prepare which the judge granted. .About 90 people showed up to the hearing. .Alberta RCMP slapped Van Huigenbos, Van Herk, and Janzen with charges in September as it continued to investigate the Coutts Border Blockade. .READ MORE: Alberta RCMP lay more charges for Coutts Border Blockade.The organizers were charged with mischief over $5,000. .On Friday, a trucker convoy travelled to the Lethbridge Provincial Court to protest the organizers being charged. The convoy was more than one kilometre long. .A convoy organizer who did not want to be named said it ended at Park Place Mall. .“We cannot get close,” said the organizer. .“Every intersection around the courthouse is controlled by cops.” .The Coutts Border Blockade ended in February after a police investigation uncovering a large cache of weapons and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoking the Emergencies Act (War Measures Act). .READ MORE: WATCH: Protesters retreating at Coutts border blockade.“Because of what’s happened with the police situation, we think it’s the right thing to do,” said protestor Abe Martens. .Protestors arrived in Coutts in January and intermittently blocked lanes to and from the Canada-US border for more than two weeks.
