Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Ottawa police chief may call in the military to handle protests
Fox News ^ | 2-3-2022 | Jon Brown

Posted on 02/03/2022 12:26:05 PM PST by redgolum

Ottawa's chief of police suggested Wednesday that the Canadian Armed Forces might have to be called in to handle the lingering protesters in the Canadian capital.

"This is a national issue, not an Ottawa issue," Ottawa police Chief Peter Sloly said in a briefing to city councilors. "I am increasingly concerned there is no policing solution to this."

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: babyfacedtyrant; canada; convoy; ottawa; protest; tiananmensquare; truckers
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 101-118 next last
Things are coming to a head rather quickly.
1 posted on 02/03/2022 12:26:05 PM PST by redgolum
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: redgolum

The communists mean business. But if the truckers lose, Canada is the USSR.


2 posted on 02/03/2022 12:27:22 PM PST by Luke21
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: redgolum

Marxists are growing impatient! Screw them-—I’m tired of living like this....


3 posted on 02/03/2022 12:27:23 PM PST by mikelets456
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: redgolum

Fools. They should have branded themselves as BLM.


4 posted on 02/03/2022 12:27:46 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: redgolum

Wouldn’t it be great if the military ranks refused to support the government’s thuggery against the citizens


5 posted on 02/03/2022 12:28:08 PM PST by drypowder
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: redgolum

I doubt very much a police chief can call in the military. I imagine he could make a request at best.


6 posted on 02/03/2022 12:28:14 PM PST by JudyinCanada (Aim low, avoid disappointment.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Luke21

I thought the military told the Mayor to “pound sand”....


7 posted on 02/03/2022 12:28:19 PM PST by mikelets456
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: redgolum

They can easily switch from a blockade to a strike, and cut off supplies.


8 posted on 02/03/2022 12:30:29 PM PST by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: redgolum

Trudeau is between a rock and a hard place. No way he comes out ahead.


9 posted on 02/03/2022 12:31:05 PM PST by laplata (")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: redgolum

I wonder how many of them will turn up positive for COVID.


10 posted on 02/03/2022 12:31:17 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: redgolum

Did he wash his hands in front of a crowd ?


11 posted on 02/03/2022 12:31:42 PM PST by Raycpa
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: redgolum

Maybe the mayor should go hungry for a few days.

5.56mm


12 posted on 02/03/2022 12:32:29 PM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: redgolum
Stupid move by a stupid man.

He will regret the move.

13 posted on 02/03/2022 12:32:31 PM PST by G Larry (The "Racism" charge is code for "No Intelligent Argument")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: laplata

He has three, and only three, choices.

First is to wait them out.

Second is to order the police in

Third is send in the army.

Politically, he will not be allowed to cave to the truckers demands. It would put the US in a very tight spot if our nearest neighbor and “little brother” rolled over on Covid mandates.

I see the pressure building using violence to clear them out. The big question is will be it mercs, CAF, or some other armed forces.


14 posted on 02/03/2022 12:33:56 PM PST by redgolum (If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: mikelets456

IIRC, they did. Fake news has got to keep pumping out the fear porn, though.


15 posted on 02/03/2022 12:34:12 PM PST by AFB-XYZ (Stand up, or bend over)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: aimhigh

I watched the Ottawa police briefing yesterday. All of it. The Chief’s comments have been grossly mischaracterized. The City Council was demanding the police use force. He said they have enFORCED the law when it has been broken. They demanded to know about bringing in the military. He said that he has policed in Kosovo in cooperation with military forces, and that in his personal experience, bringing in the military is a very high risk thing, he thinks it’s only been done twice in the last hundred years, and the military is liable to hurt people. Badly. When he said “This may not have a policing solution,” what he was really saying was, “Teargas and batons aren’t gonna fix this. You politicians made this mess and you need to clean it up.” The City Council was very frustrated, because he kept quoting the Charter of Rights and refuses to violate the civil rights of the protesters. He did say they are exploring options for military assistance to the civil power. Of course he is. He’d be derelict in his job if he didn’t at least look at all options. If you question this interpretation of his remarks, I recommend you watch the briefing in its entirety


16 posted on 02/03/2022 12:34:48 PM PST by quikstrike98
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: AFB-XYZ

Did they?

Please post a link (I am about to go offline for a bit).

Thank you.


17 posted on 02/03/2022 12:35:10 PM PST by redgolum (If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: aimhigh

“They can easily switch from a blockade to a strike, and cut off supplies.”

I’m sure that is plan “B”.


18 posted on 02/03/2022 12:35:46 PM PST by rellic
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: aimhigh

bttt


19 posted on 02/03/2022 12:36:46 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: redgolum

Its empty words. First of all, they have to worry if all the Canadian military would actually follow orders if violence is needed against the protestors.

Secondly, calling in the Military would be the end of Trudeau


20 posted on 02/03/2022 12:37:20 PM PST by PGR88
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 101-118 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson