‘Freedom Convoy’ strong despite arrests, vehicles towed.
QUICK FACTS:
- Truckers and farmers forming a Freedom Convoy in Quebec, Canada, on Saturday are standing strong and united in the face of the police crackdown on peaceful protesters in Ottawa, Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN) reports.
- These groups are pushing back against strict vaccine mandates and coronavirus-related restrictions by forming blockades comprised of eighteen-wheelers, logging trucks, and tractors.
- Videos circulating on social media show the pro-freedom Canadians waving Canadian flags, RSBN notes.
- On Saturday, a new Freedom Convoy rolled into Quebec to call for an end to Trudeau’s COVID rules.
200 PROTESTERS ARRESTED, 50 VEHICLES TOWED:
- Police in Ottawa, Canada, used pepper spray and stun grenades and arrested nearly 200 who were part of the Freedom Convoy, The Christian Post reports.
- Police also had more than 50 vehicles towed in an attempt to clear out demonstrators who have been protesting in the area for weeks.
- At least 191 protesters were arrested and 57 vehicles were towed in the city’s downtown area as of Sunday evening, Ottawa Police tweeted, adding, “streets cleared.”
BACKGROUND:
- The pro-freedom protesters who have coalesced in Ottawa have maintained a peaceful and respectful rapport with the Ottawa police for the entirety of their occupation of the city, RSBN notes.
- Trudeau and the Canadian gov’t are forcing the protesters out of the city by frightening them or even injuring them, as the Ottawa police did by crushing protesters beneath the hoofs of their horses.
