After repeatedly protesting against drag queen storytime events in Alberta, Canadian pastor Derek Reimer was arrested again and spent his Easter weekend in jail.
According to Calgary Police, Reimer was arrested last Tuesday on outstanding warrants while protesting near a drag storytime event taking place in the city. Reimer faces five counts of breaching a release order, two counts of causing a disturbance, and one count of criminal harassment.
Calgary Police Service told The Epoch Times that the eight new charges involve incidents that took place between March 25 and April 2, and the incidents are being investigated as hate-motivated.
Reimer, the pastor of the street church ministry Mission 7, was first arrested by police following a Feb. 25 incident at the Seton Library in Calgary. Reimer was protesting a “Reading with Royalty” event at the library—which involved drag queens reading to children—before several men physically removed him….