I’m back in court this morning for the second day of the Tamara Lich sentencing hearing.

Yesterday the crown prosecutors made their arguments for an unprecedented seven-year prison term for Tamara (and eight years for her co-accused, Chris Barber).

I say unprecedented because the vast majority of political mischief cases in Canada — usually involving a Greenpeace protest against oil and gas, or forestry — result in no jail time at all.

In fact, other trucker convoy activists who have been sentenced typically receive no jail time. There is literally no basis in law for a seven-year sentence.

But this stopped being about the law a long time ago — it’s all about the “empire strikes back” against the lowly citizens who dared to peacefully rebel against the pandemic lockdowns, and embarrass the ruling class.

Here’s a short video I recorded outside the courthouse this morning — while I’m talking, you can see Tamara walk by into court, with the bodyguard we crowdfunded for her.

And, bizarrely, a few minutes later you can see the convicted criminal, Deana Sherif, accost me. I say it’s bizarre because that’s literally the person we had in mind when we got a bodyguard for Tamara!

We have successfully crowdfunded that bodyguard — but if you still want to chip in, please consider donating to Tamara’s legal defence fund at www.HelpTamara.com. It’s via The Democracy Fund, which is a registered charity, so you’ll even get a charitable tax receipt.

It’s a strange video indeed.

Anyways, I’ll be live-tweeting today’s proceedings. Follow me on Twitter, or here on our Rebel News website.

Please help Tamara Lich fight back against this outrageous political prosecution!

The Democracy Fund, a registered Canadian charity, is continuing to crowdfund Tamara Lich’s legal defence and appeal following her sentence of 18 months of house arrest for her role in the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest.

Tamara has filed her appeal challenging the conviction. She is represented by her lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon.

Tamara — a mom and grandmother from Medicine Hat, Alberta — has already spent 49 days in jail awaiting trial and has faced a legal process spanning more than three years. She now lives under significant restrictions while the appeal proceeds.

If you believe peaceful political protest should not be criminalized, please chip in today to help cover Tamara’s ongoing legal costs.

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