Ottawa police officer charged for allegedly donating $50 to Freedom Convoy | CBC News - Shaamini Yogaretnam:
September 16, 2022 - "An Ottawa police officer has been charged with misconduct for allegedly donating money to the Freedom Convoy occupation last February. Const. Kristina Neilson made her first disciplinary appearance on Thursday morning to face a single count of discreditable conduct under the Police Services Act.
"Professional standards investigators — detectives who investigate officer misconduct internally — allege Neilson discredited the service's reputation 'by donating money to the "Freedom Convoy Fund" on a website called GiveSendGo." Police further allege that she 'knew, or reasonably ought to have known, that the money was being raised for the illegal occupation known as the "Freedom Convoy" which took place in the City of Ottawa during the months of January and February 2022.
"According to the notice of hearing, which lays out the charges against her, Neilson allegedly made a donation on Feb. 5, which was three days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the occupation was 'becoming illegal' and the day before the city declared a state of emergency.
"According to sources with knowledge of the investigation, and to a leaked list of donors, Neilson allegedly made a $50 donation in her son's name.... A CBC analysis of the [leaked] GiveSendGo donor data found that at least two dozen names of current and former members of the Ottawa Police Service and Ontario Provincial Police matched the names of people who had donated to the cause.
"Neilson did not enter a plea and is next scheduled to appear before a disciplinary hearing officer on Sept. 29."
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-police-freedom-convoy-charges-1.6584902
Ottawa Police prosecuting officer for donating to Freedom Convoy | True North - Noah Jarvis:
September 17, 2022 - "The Freedom Convoy began its fundraising effort on GoFundMe, raising millions of dollars before being shut down at the behest of the Ontario government. The convoy organizers opened another fundraising campaign on the American fundraising website GiveSendGo, raising millions more....
"Neilson allegedly donated to the 'Freedom Convoy Fund' on GiveSendGo on February 5th. At the time ... the Freedom Convoy was entering the second week of rolling protests at Parliament Hill, with convoy organizers co-operating with an Ontario Provincial Police liaison on a daily basis. Neilson’s donation was made before an Ontario judge placed a nationwide ban on Freedom Convoy funds from GiveSendGo and before the Trudeau government invoked the Emergencies Act to stop the truckers.
"OPS [Ottawa Police Services] interim police chief made clear in March that there is no place in the force for officers who have donated to the Freedom Convoy and that officers who did donate to the convoy were being investigated. 'We need to deal with the people who supported it, because there’s no room for them,' said Bell in a March comment.
"After the list of donors who contributed to the Freedom Convoy’s crowdfunding page was illegally leaked via a hack, CBC journalists doxxed Canadians by identifying several officers who contributed to the GiveSendGo page. In total, six Ottawa officers were identified, with Nielson being one of them."
Read more: https://tnc.news/2022/09/17/ottawa-police-convoy/
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