‘No foundation in any law’: ‘Sovereign citizen’ questions B.C. traffic stop
Global News
The driver had been pulled over by police for driving without insurance and for having licence plates not issued by ICBC. Video of the incident was posted to social media.
A traffic stop in Chilliwack, B.C., earlier this month is garnering attention after it was uploaded online.
The driver can be heard saying in the video that his rights are being violated.
In the video, he calls himself a sovereign citizen, which is a group of people who believe they are immune to the government’s law and order.
The driver had been pulled over by police for driving without insurance and for having licence plates not issued by ICBC.
He can be heard telling the RCMP officer on the scene that he does not consent to his truck being towed before it’s loaded onto a tow truck.
“I don’t consent to this, you are creating a non-consensual security agreement on the side of the road without right,” the driver said.
However, Kyla Lee, a lawyer at Acumen Law in Vancouver, told Global News the idea that someone doesn’t have to follow the rules because they didn’t enter into a contract with the government, ICBC or the police is “absolutely legally wrong.”
“It has no foundation in any law anywhere in Canada,” she said.
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