Winnipeg man charged with hate-related offences for 'hateful rhetoric' on social media: RCMP
Police say Donovan Ballingall, 23, targeted groups including Jewish, Muslim, 2SLGBTQI+ communities
A Winnipeg man has been charged with hate-related offences after police say he posted "hateful rhetoric" targeting visible minorities, along with Jewish, Muslim and 2SLGBTQ+ people on social media.
Donovan MacKenzie Ballingall, 23, was arrested last month following an investigation that linked him to a number of online accounts used to post hateful content, RCMP said in a Wednesday news release.
Police said their investigation focused on posts made on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Once they identified Ballingall as the alleged user behind the account, Mounties said they were able to link him to other online accounts used to post "content containing hateful rhetoric."
Ballingall was arrested on April 29 by the RCMP's Northwest Region Federal Policing National Security in Manitoba and charged with four counts of wilful promotion of hatred, a Criminal Code offence.
The RCMP's federal policing national security teams focus on investigating criminal offences that constitute a threat to national security, as defined in the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act, including investigating violent extremism and terrorism offences.
He remains in custody at the Winnipeg Remand Centre, police said.