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Woman who jumped on unknown soldier tomb had nothing to do with Freedom Convoy protests, police say

Updated: May 2, 2022 at 5:57 pm EST  See Comments

Mon May 2, 2022 – 4:59 pm EDT

OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – Yet another allegation blamed on the Freedom Convoy by mainstream media and politicians — this one involving a woman who was videoed jumping on the Ottawa Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during the protests in February — has been debunked.

Late last week, according to Blacklock’s Reporter, Ottawa Police Service spokesperson Carole Macpherson said that “there was no admitted association to the Freedom Convoy truckers,” with the woman in question.

She also said that the woman caught jumping on the Tomb is not from western Canada, as some had speculated, but “from Québec.”

Police said in a statement Thursday that no charges will be laid against the woman, whose actions caused a media uproar and even prompted House of Commons committee hearings into the matter.

Ottawa Police Service staff wrote that the woman was “spoken to, showed remorse for her actions and police are confident she will not re-offend.” Her name has not been released.

On January 29, the woman in question was filmed standing, briefly, on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, shouting “Freedom.” 

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is located near Canada’s

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