Posted on 02/18/2022 4:45:22 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Police arrested scores of demonstrators and towed away vehicles Friday in Canada’s besieged capital, and a stream of trucks started leaving under the pressure, raising authorities’ hopes for an end to the three-week protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions.
By evening, at least 100 people had been arrested, mostly on mischief charges, and nearly two dozen vehicles had been towed, including all of those blocking one of the city’s major streets, authorities said. One officer had a minor injury, but no protesters were hurt, interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell said.
Police “continue to push forward to take control of our streets,” he said, adding: “We will work day and night until this is completed.”
Those arrested included four protest leaders. One received bail while the others remained jailed.
The crackdown on the self-styled Freedom Convoy began in the morning, when hundreds of police, some in riot gear and some carrying automatic weapons, descended into the protest zone and began leading demonstrators away in handcuffs through the snowy streets as holdout truckers blared their horns.
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EXCUSE US, PLEASE!
Mounted police trample peaceful protesters in Ottawa.
2 weeks to flatten the curve to this... pic.twitter.com/ejJ5DuuOPn— Cam Higby 🇺🇸 (@RealCamHigby) February 18, 2022
No protesters were hurt, except for the ones who were trampled by police horses.
Truckers should now refuse to haul anything to Ottawa.
Less than 18 months ago:
Trudeau Reiterates Support To Farmers’ Protest A Day After India Summons Canadian Envoy
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssHNImTnxjs
Truckers should shut it all down.
A woman’s back was broken by Trudeaus thug’s.
The police have made the streets safe for BLM once more. Let the rioting commence!
I hope the truckers stay home for a few months and teach Canada a lesson they’ll never forget.
Remember that svene in Schindler’s List re: the red coat?
The plot thickens...
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Trudeau met with the Biden administration before his authoritarian crackdown on Canada’s peaceful protest. This was not a coincidence.
I wonder how long they’ll have to stay in Trudopes dungeon.
That and I'm hoping our Canadian brothers and sisters just completely take a s--t on the system. I mean, just go underground, stop paying taxes, start bartering...don't do anything for the government or the parasites that support the government.
I thought a lady protester was trampled by a horse?
A elderly woman in a walker
Criminal government...again.
This is the test for 100% forced mandatory vaccines every three months. If Canada folds, they will enact it there, then other countries one by one.
We know how enraged the news media was when someone got whipped with horse’s reigns. I’m sure they’ll be incensed by someone being trampled.
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