MONTREAL – A Montreal North man arrested in connection with a YouTube video that allegedly shows him wearing a Joker mask and threatening to “kill one Arab a week” has been granted bail.
Jesse Pelletier, 24, was arraigned last Wednesday in connection with the video, which was made after the attacks in Paris.
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Pelletier was charged with uttering threats, using a fake weapon, inciting fear and making a declaration against an ethnic group.
“For him, it was a joke. A bad joke obviously,” said defence attorney Audrey Amzallaq.
The accused was diagnosed with a bone defect at birth and suffered an accident about a year ago.
He appeared in court last week in a wheelchair.
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