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Two Windsor Police Department officers in Windsor, Ontario, have been charged with misconduct after donating less than $50 to Canadian truck driver Freedom Convoy, which made international headlines earlier this year.
According to Windsor Star, Constables Jason Michael Briscoe and Brooke Fazekas responded to allegations that the two donated $50 and $40, respectively, to the motorcade under Ontario’s Police Service Act. Slapped on charges of discrediting conduct. Brisco attended a Zoom hearing on Monday.
Brisco and Fazekas’ names were allegedly on the convoy donor list that was hacked and leaked last winter.
The fleet, which protested the country’s vaccine mandate by disrupting traffic in Canada’s capital Ottawa for weeks, also closed major U.S.-Canada border crossings, including the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit, Michigan. .
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In a message that accompanied the alleged donation, Briscoe thanked fellow Canadians who “fought for freedom at the foot of the Tower of Sauron.”
After an investigation by the Windsor Police Department of Professional Standards, the department also suspended one civilian employee for one day without pay.
In a statement provided to Fox News Digital, Deputy Chief Frank Providenti said:
“We hold our members to the highest standards of conduct and those who fail to uphold these principles must be held accountable for their actions. By choosing to support an illegal lockdown, these members have shown a complete disregard for our actions. It’s for the safety of our colleagues,” Providenti added.
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The deputy superintendent added that Windsor Police “condemns the actions of two sworn members and one civilian employee who donated to support the Freedom Convoy that blocked access to the Ambassador Bridge earlier this year.” .
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Canada and its political leadership have made international headlines and have come under extensive scrutiny for their crackdown on truckers’ convoys. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked a state of emergency law to quell the protests, paving the way for the government to seize property and freeze the bank accounts of those involved.