Two people are facing charges in connection with an anti-vaccine protest that took place in Hamilton’s Gore Park on Friday, according to police.
Investigators say the crimes are tied to Ontario’s Reopening Act for a gathering that exceeded the number of people allowed under COVID-19 public safety measures.
One of the defendants, a 38-year-old man from King City, Ontario, was also charged with failing to comply with a court-imposed release order.
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A 39-year-old Brampton woman was also arrested with an outstanding warrant.
Police did not release the names of the defendants, but said they had been released as of Saturday.
Details of the arrests came on the same day that a King City man, known for organizing anti-mask demonstrations across the country, posted details of his arrest by Hamilton police on Friday on social media.
Video posted by 38-year-old Chris Saccoccia, also known as Chris Sky, on Saturday night shows officers escorting him to Hamilton Police Central Station.
“They want to scare everyone into doing the vaccine passport and it’s not going to happen,” Sky said as he was driven to the King William Street police station.
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On Friday, with a microphone in hand, Sky posted an excerpt from a Gore Park rally on his Twitch account in which he told a large group that a “vaccine passport” was an “override” of the basic freedoms.
Sky was arrested in May for allegedly threatening to kill Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford and other Canadian Prime Ministers.
He was also charged with assaulting a Toronto police officer.
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