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Convoy protest organizer Chris Barber arrested in Ottawa
CBC ^ | 2/17/2022 | CBC News

Posted on 02/17/2022 3:41:32 PM PST by Signalman

Chris Barber, a key organizer of the so-called Freedom Convoy that has occupied Ottawa streets for three weeks, has been arrested in Ottawa, CBC News has learned.

Barber, who is currently in police custody and is expected to face criminal charges, has been described as one of the key leaders of the protest in Ottawa, which has now hit the three-week mark.

Barber is also one of three protest organizers named in the class action lawsuit filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice by lawyer Paul Champ on behalf of his client, 21-year-old public servant Zexi Li.

The suit names Barber along with fellow convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Benjamin Dichter.

Earlier this month, Barber responded to criticism the protest was negatively affecting Ottawa residents by saying organizers had "empathy" for local residents.

"We understand your frustration and genuinely wish there was another way for us to get our message across, but the responsibility for your inconvenience lies squarely on the shoulders of politicians who have [preferred] to vilify and call us names rather than engage in respectful, serious dialogue," he said at the time.

More to come.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Canada; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benjamindichter; canada; chrisbarber; convoy; freedomconvoy; freespeech; justintrudeau; ottawa; politicalprisoners; protest; tamaralich; truckerfreedomconvoy; truckers; twitter
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To: quikstrike98
What are they arresting these people for?

What kind of Commie Gulag has Canada become?

61 posted on 02/17/2022 5:37:20 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: quikstrike98

Saw the same. Driver being interviewed right now. He thinks the cops are basically playing games.

Don’t be afraid.


62 posted on 02/17/2022 5:43:08 PM PST by cyclotic (I won't give up my FREEDOM for your FEAR. Oh Canada, we stand on guard for thee.)
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To: Signalman

Joe Warmington
@joe_warmington

BREAKING— #FreedomConvoy organizer Tamara Lich has been arrested by ⁦
@OttawaPolice

8:40 PM · Feb 17, 2022


63 posted on 02/17/2022 5:45:31 PM PST by mewzilla (God bless Canada's Freedom Truckers!)
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To: gnickgnack2

A BIG promotion from FedGouvCan, however, was likely an incentive. Will we ever hear about it? No way!

‘Intelligent and cute? A ChiCom plant. Remember Fang Fang and Eric (spit or) Swalwell?


64 posted on 02/17/2022 5:48:04 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian

Cops moving in. Things getting warmer.


65 posted on 02/17/2022 6:13:06 PM PST by quikstrike98
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
“ While Li, a Chinese national, is the only person named in the case, the $9.8-million class action is open to as many as 6,000 downtown residents who live in or close to the Freedom Convoy’s “red zone.”

So anybody be from anywhere can file suit if you’re a resident in Canada?

66 posted on 02/17/2022 6:13:59 PM PST by datura (Eventually, the Lord and the Truth will win.)
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To: datura

Need to be frequency agile as livestreamers go on and off line due to power and signal issues. Zot is carrying good footage now. It’s happening.


67 posted on 02/17/2022 6:19:57 PM PST by quikstrike98
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To: Signalman

They arrest you if a civil suit is brought against you????


68 posted on 02/17/2022 7:17:53 PM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: Signalman

Tamara Lich has been arrested as well.


69 posted on 02/17/2022 7:40:36 PM PST by austinaero
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To: Signalman

How many Police Officers have the intestinal fortitude to refuse to arrest the truckers, resign and join with them?

Surely, there are some REAL “Protect and Serve” Police Officers in Canada?


70 posted on 02/17/2022 7:43:55 PM PST by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA!)
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To: Signalman

Anybody still trust the police and believe they’re on our side?


71 posted on 02/17/2022 8:08:02 PM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: quikstrike98

Last I heard, the truckers were cordoned off and Stasi, oops, I mean Mounties, OPP, d’Ottawa cops, CSIS, and God knows who else are operating 100 checkpoints and no one is in or out, without their say so.

No press allowed, not even the CBC cheerleaders. I suspect that ‘surprisingly’ hundreds of guns and plenty of dynamite will be ‘found’. I would not be surprised if a number of truckers, apparently wearing swastika pins and KKK hoods ‘defended’ their illegal stash and were killed.

IMO, Prime Mistake ‘Little Potato’ and the b*stards at WEF, are THAT STUPID/ARROGANT as to do that and have certain CSIS types execute truckers. No press, no witnesses, other than the ‘racist, mysoginist, Nazi’ truckers, who have ‘unacceptable’ ideas.

I pray that I am wrong, but they are DESPARATE!

Maranatha


72 posted on 02/17/2022 8:09:34 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: datura

AND, per what the initial article said she was a FEDERAL GOVERNMENT of CANADA EMPLOYEE!

Are there ANY OTHER CANADIAN CITIZENS THAT FIND IT EXTREMELY WRONG THAT A COMMUNIST CHINESE CITIZEN IS WORKING FOR THE GOVERNMENT IN THE CAPITAL?

Not a surprise, though, with CASTREAU in charge!

IF the Conservatives were smart, they would latch on to the fact that a foreign NATIONAL, whose nation has been SPYING on Canada for a LONG TIME, is employed in TRUDEAU’S GOVERNMENT!


73 posted on 02/17/2022 8:28:24 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: Signalman

Freedom Convoy 2022 hasn’t occupied anything.

Lie in first sentence.


74 posted on 02/17/2022 9:06:48 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian

Probably CCP, yes.


75 posted on 02/17/2022 9:07:36 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Paladin2

Twitter’s HYPOCRITES promote DOXING using HACKED info on Freedom Convoy donors, while CENSORING legally obtained info from Hunter Biden’s laptop! DOUBLE STANDARD!


76 posted on 02/18/2022 10:05:34 AM PST by 2harddrive (FREE 3D-printable Firearm blueprints available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/)
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