LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — In a heated courtroom exchange, a man accused of conspiring to murder police at the 2022 Coutts, Alta., blockade rejected accusations he and others brought weapons and body armour to the barricade to start a war.

“Coutts to you was going to be a launchpad for a revolution,” prosecutor Steven Johnston said to Chris Carbert in Court of King’s Bench in Lethbridge Wednesday.

"Three people against hundreds of police doesn't make sense," Chris Carbert told the prosecutor.{ai:summary}<p>In a tense courtroom scene, Chris Carbert vehemently denied charges of plotting to assassinate police during the 2022 Coutts blockade, dismissing claims that he and his associates intended to spark a revolution with weapons and body armor. </p><p>The prosecutor painted a vivid picture of a conspiracy brewing in the shadows. #crime</p>

Weapons were not brought to Coutts to start a revolution, accused tells murder-conspiracy trial

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