The Ottawa protests were started in late January by a group of truck drivers opposed to a Covid-19 vaccine and testing mandate. Charges included obstructing police, disobeying a court order, assault, mischief, possessing a weapon and assaulting a police officer, he said.Ĭhris Harkins, deputy commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police reported at the news conference 76 vehicles had been seized and towed. Adrian Wyld/APīell said 191 protesters had been arrested and 107 people charged. Machinery moves a concrete barricade past the Parliament buildings while a protest sign sits in a garbage container in Ottawa on Sunday, February 20. “Despite the successes of the past few days, we still require these measures to prevent unlawful protesters from returning.” “While I know that everyone is pleased to see many of the unlawful protesters are gone, this is not the normal state of our city,” he said.
Ottawa Interim Police Chief Steve Bell told a news conference Sunday police operations had seen a dramatic decline in the number of protesters.īut he said downtown residents had woken to fencing and a “very heavy police presence” as well as checkpoints throughout the city. Ontario’s Special Investigation Unit is also reviewing an incident where a woman was reportedly seriously injured after an interaction with a police officer on a horse, and a second where an officer discharged a less-than-lethal firearm at protesters. Some of those arrests included protesters who allegedly had smoke grenades and fireworks, and were wearing body armor, police said. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press/AP) Cole Burston/The Canadian Press/APĬanadian authorities freeze financial assets for those involved in ongoing protests in Ottawa Police resumed pushing back protesters on Saturday after arresting more than 100 and towing away vehicles in Canada's besieged capital, and scores of trucks left under the pressure, raising authorities' hopes for an end to the three-week protest against the country's COVID-19 restrictions. Police move in to clear protesters from downtown Ottawa near Parliament Hill on Saturday, Feb.
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