A key figure in February\u0027s three\u002Dweek “Freedom Convoy”, Tyson Billings posted videos to social media encouraging others to “hold the line.\u0022
One of the key figures of the three-week “Freedom Convoy” that occupied downtown streets in February, Billings posted numerous videos to social media where he encouraged others to “hold the line,” according to Assistant Crown Attorney Moiz Karimjee.
“It feels good to be free,” Billings told his supporters on the courthouse steps as they chanted his signature rallying cry: “Let’s go, lets go, let’s go!”Billings was arrested Feb. 18 as part of the massive police crackdown and was initially charged as a co-accused with Pat King.Billings served 116 days in jail, most of it spent at the Quinte Detention Centre following a transfer from OCDC.
Billings’s Alberta-based lawyer Jake Chadi said the equivalent six-month sentence was a joint position of the defence and Crown.