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Posted on 02/15/2022 11:27:48 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly has resigned after weeks of criticism for his handling of anti-vaccine mandate protests that have paralysed the city.
Protesters have occupied the downtown core of Canada's capital for 19 days, halting traffic and enraging residents.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday invoked the Emergencies Act as a "last resort" in response to the protests.
Mr Sloly, 55, is expected to confirm his resignation after the Ottawa Police Services Board meeting later today.
A former Canadian men's soccer player, Mr Sloly took over at the Ottawa Police Service in 2019, more than three decades after joining the Toronto police. His contract in Ottawa was due to end in 2024.
Throughout his career, he gained a reputation as a progressive reformer, dedicated to improving police-community relations.
However, he has been criticised by Ottawans for what has been seen an anaemic response to the "Freedom Convoy" protests. The city of Ottawa declared a state of emergency over a week ago in attempt to quell the protests.
As of last week Mr Sloly stood by his response, telling Newstalk 580 he had "absolutely no" intention to step down.
"I came here to do a job and I'm going to get that job done all the way through," he said.
On Monday, Prime Minister Trudeau took the unprecedented step of evoking the Emergencies Act, which he said would give local police "more tools" to deal with protesters. Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be deployed to assist.
Chief Sloly's resignation comes amid significant criticism from Ottawa residents who feel the police have not done their job at enforcing the law and containing the demonstrators.
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I hope this is a positive move.
There was a video of an Ottawa ciry council meeting recently, and one of the Karens in the City Commision accused the cops of “only keeping the peace” with the truckers.
After some media reports today (and based on wording of a White House press release), the feeling among many is Canada is that Biden/USA demanded the bridges be cleared - and butt-boy Trudeau responded.
Maybe this cop sees something coming and he doesn’t want to be the fall guy
No, they want someone more aggresive with the demonstrators.
Maybe they’ll try to hire one of the DC Capitol Police officers who murdered the pro-Trump demonstrators.
He’s the clown who said repeatedly that “this is a nationwide insurrection driven by madness!!”
He should have taken a knee...
Letting somebody else step in and get all the crap thrown at them when it gets violent.
Paralyzed the city??
Oh, yeah, ‘Yahoo news’, deep state ally.
Count on there being many and sundry scapegoats for this whole situation.
And the truly guilty will go scott-free!
Same as it ever was. :(
‘Residents’ need to realize that the cops are there to keep the peace & protect property, not be their private attack dogs. If that means they look the other way in the interests of not inflaming the situation, that’s what they are going to do. There are times when that attitude will tick off conservatives, but that doesn’t make the tactic unsound.
No one is ever going to resign, until he resigns.
As a general rule, if someone in the public eye makes a big deal about not resigning, the reasonable assumption is that s/he is going to resign.
Interesting bit of trivia for those who may think Canada is not big into integration. Mr. Soly just happens to be an African American like our own US Vice President.
Another offshoot of the Goebbels' legacy
....no, actually, he just acted way too Sloly.......
Going back to work for the vaccine makers ?
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