Calgary pastor charged at home after protesting drag queen story hour

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On Saturday, Pastor Derek Reimer of Mission 7 Ministries was removed from an all-ages drag event at the Seton Public Library. He has since been charged on Wednesday morning for mischief and causing a disturbance.

A recording made by Reimer shows one Calgary police officer on the driveway of the pastor's personal residence in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The officer tells Reimer he wants to “talk about what happened on the weekend” before informing Reimer that he was being charged with mischief and causing a disturbance.

Pastor Derek Reimer was arrested and charged with mischief earlier today. Reimer was kicked out of a public library for protesting an all-ages drag event in Calgary this past weekend.

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In a video of Saturday's altercation at Seton library, Reimer and protesters from “Exposing Darkness” appear to be assaulted at the hands of drag show proponents in the publicly-funded facility. Reimer is seen being shoved out the door and to the ground.

The people shoving him can be heard saying they do not want children exposed to Reimer's words.

Calgary pastor Derek Reimer was physically thrown out of an all-ages drag story hour hosted by the Calgary Public Library. He was there protesting against exposing kids to drag queens.

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CTV News Calgary reports a hate crimes investigation against Reimer has also been opened.

As Calgary's mayor tries to continue criminalizing protests she disagrees with, police have apparently opened a hate crime investigation into Pastor Derek Reimer after he was kicked out of a public library for protesting an all-ages drag event.

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Mission 7 serves the homeless in Calgary's downtown core. Reimer was the second client of The Democracy Fund's (TDF) “Fight The Fines” program after he was ticketed for illegal public gatherings during COVID when ministering to the vulnerable in the city centre.

Pastor Derek Reimer with Mission 7 Ministries in Calgary, Alberta, says it's "no coincidence" he was detained by police during a protest against an all-ages drag event in the city's northeast.

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Reimer is now a client of TDF's “Fight Censorship Fines” program, a no-cost access to justice initiative wherein peaceful anti-drag protesters targeted by Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek's weaponization of anti-harassment bylaws.

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