[Minnie]

Originally Posted by Reaper

Somebody just get MLB involved. I'm sure they'd litigate him back to the stone age for using the retired Cleveland Indians logo. He is a total garbage person who I'd imagine argues that he can't be racist because he has _______ friends.

He already owes $2.5M from 2019, that he hasn't ponied up. MLB would have to get in line.He's a major puke.

A former Mississauga, Ont., mayoral candidate charged two years ago with a hate crime, displayed "horrific" behaviour when he made "hateful Islamophobic" comments against Paramount Fine Foods owner Mohamad Fakih, a judge has ruled.

In a decision released Monday, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice awarded $2.5 million in damages to Fakih and Paramount, a chain of Middle Eastern restaurants in the Greater Toronto Area, for defamation over a series of videos and online posts made by Kevin Johnston, some on his website Freedom Report, starting in July 2017. Johnston, who most recently ran for mayor in 2018 when he lost out to current mayor Bonnie Crombie, placing second with 13.5 per cent of the vote, was charged in 2017 for offering a $1,000 reward in exchange for videos of Muslim students praying in schools. He, his website, and Ron Banerjee were named as defendants in Fakih's original lawsuit, filed Aug. 4, 2017.

"At its core, the horrific behaviour of the Johnston defendants has been a grievous injustice to a valued member of the Canadian community who deserves nothing less than our respect, but it is more than that," the decision said. Johnston's behaviour "reflects a contempt for Canada's judicial process, an abuse of the very freedoms this country affords them and a loathsome example of hate speech at its worst, targeting people solely because of their religion," the judge added.

After being hit with a libel suit, the ruling says, Johnston responded with even more false information, this time claiming Fakih was funding terror groups and using his restaurants to bring in "illegal aliens."

"Mr. Johnston profits from the promotion of hatred. He takes paid speaking engagements featuring anti-Muslim statements, and Freedom Report solicits donations," the decision says. In addition to the videos, the decision says, Johnston approached Fakih while he was at Erin Mills Town Centre mall with his three children, accusing him of being a terrorist and snapping photos of them, even following them into the parking lot as they tried to leave the mall.

In the months that followed, the judgement says, Johnston also broadcast statements falsely accusing Fakih and his lawyers of having influenced the judge in the case, saying they "pulled a fast one," and that a "white woman judge" was letting Fakih fund terror. In addition to the $2.5 million in damages, Johnston has been ordered to refrain from communicating with, recording or publishing material about, or coming within 100 metres of Fakih, his residence or his family.