Calgary police have charged a pastor with a “hate-motivated” crime for protesting a drag queen story time at the Calgary Public Library.
Pastor Derek Reimer, 36, of Mission 7 is also charged with causing a disturbance and one count of mischief following the Feb. 25 event. He is set to appear in court on March 3.
Several other protesters also entered the library classroom where the event was taking place, though Reimer is the only one who has been charged, police said in a March 3 release.
“We’re tired of these grooming, pervert story time hours. … Why the obsession with indoctrinating the kids?” Reimer said in a Rebel News interview March 2 before he was arrested. “We wanted to expose the evil and the darkness,” he said. “We’ve got to shout it from the rooftops.”…