‘Keyboard warrior’ accused of spreading hate comments on obituary of Megan Gallagher | 24CA News
Fifty-three-year-old Robert Gordon appeared in Saskatoon Provincial Court Wednesday afternoon after being accused of submitting hate feedback on the obituary of Megan Gallagher.
Megan’s father, Brian Gallagher, stated that the household obtained an nameless tip that an individual was spreading racist feedback on a funeral web page relating to Megan.
Megan Gallagher was final seen in September 2020. Her stays had been present in September 2022, bringing an finish to a two-year search.
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Nine individuals have been charged in her murder.
Four had been charged with first-degree homicide. The remaining 5 had been charged with committing indignities to her stays and aggravated assault.
Saskatoon Police say the current hate feedback had been by no means posted publicly as the web site displays remark submissions earlier than publishing.
The feedback had been reported on Dec. 1. Gordon was arrested Feb. 1 and charged with indecent communications.
Police say Gordon isn’t charged with a hate crime but, however an software has been requested as race was an aggravating issue.
Gallagher stated that the toughest half about listening to in regards to the feedback in direction of his daughter was the web anonymity.
“To be a keyboard warrior, to sit there and hide behind something as anonymous as your computer screen, you can be very, very hurtful to people and it’s just not acceptable,” Gallagher stated.
The household attended Saskatoon Provincial Court on Feb. 15 to attempt to put a face to the crime.
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The household confirmed that the accused didn’t know Megan.
They stated that they’d hoped to be in Vancouver this week, however court docket dates are continually controlling their lives.
“It’s just the reality of Megan being missing, and Megan being murdered… we just do the best that we can,” Gallagher stated.
“An old friend of ours once told us when this all started, ‘you just have to get up in the morning and put one foot in front of the other and keep on moving’. There are other people that are counting on you that may suffer the consequences.”
The session was adjourned and there have been no new updates to the case. Gordon is about to look in court docket once more on March 16.
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