A Canadian pastor was arrested for the second time this month while protesting a kid’s fairytale party at a public library.
Derek Reimer, 36, of Alberta, was arrested Wednesday for violating a release order from a previous arrest that prohibited him from staying lower than 200 meters from events involving the LGBTQ community, Calgary police said.
Video of the arrest outside the Signal Hill Library in Calgary shows officers dragging Reimer as he refuses to walk, while the pastor’s supporters denounce them and call for his release.
The pastor remained silent throughout the arrest.
He was charged with one count of causing a disturbance and one other count of mischief, but can be facing six other counts of harassment under city law.
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Each payment carries a maximum penalty of $10,000, which can lead to imprisonment of as much as six months for each payment that can not be made.
The incident got here as protests erupted in america and around the globe over stories about drag queens where performers read to children in public.
Reimer had previously been arrested on March 2 for protesting at one other drag event on the Seton Library on February 25. During this demonstration, he was allegedly thrown out of a constructing by three men, reported Fox News.
In response to the increased protests over the events, the Calgary City Council on Tuesday voted to amend its bylaws to limit such demonstrations.
The town’s latest protected and inclusive bylaw now bans protests inside 100 meters of recreational facilities or libraries to avoid “bullying”.
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Reimer defied the brand new bylaws with a silent prayer session in a municipal constructing and received a 30-day trespass notice after repeated warnings that he couldn’t hold religious services within the constructing.
One other Calgary pastor, Artur Pawlowski, who himself identified that his church was open during COVID-19 lockdowns, criticized his government for arresting Reimer and claimed that Canada has an “open hatred of Christianity.”
“Anyone visible, anyone in Canada who boldly preaches Christianity has change into an open goal,” he told Fox News. “Calgary was resistant to the drag queen perversion for some time – because that is what it’s: it is a sick twisted perversion and you’ll be able to quote me on that.”
Reimer stays in prison awaiting his appearance in court on Friday. It was not immediately possible to get a comment from the pastor’s representative.