Well that will certainly go to appeal. I watched (and listened, through their Zello channels) that entire event very closely. I was still laid off from covid at that point so I had the time. The local authorities were doing sweet FA and the federal government was absolutely justified in doing what it did. After 3+ weeks of no action by local authorities and thus no movement with clearing this siege the feds stepped in and cleared it up in a day or two. That shows how little resolve the convoy participants really had and thus how little the Ottawa police were interested in doing their jobs.
Now now, the cops were doing something: they tried to break up the Ottawa people at Billing’s Bridge who were preventing more trucks from getting downtown.
The cops weren’t sitting on their asses, they were complicit.
I agree, as someone who also did follow it closely they had no choice. They had a bunch of people acting against them politically, and stopping anything from being resolved.
I was suprised to hear this and fully expect a reversal on appeal.
Well that will certainly go to appeal. I watched (and listened, through their Zello channels) that entire event very closely. I was still laid off from covid at that point so I had the time. The local authorities were doing sweet FA and the federal government was absolutely justified in doing what it did. After 3+ weeks of no action by local authorities and thus no movement with clearing this siege the feds stepped in and cleared it up in a day or two. That shows how little resolve the convoy participants really had and thus how little the Ottawa police were interested in doing their jobs.
Now now, the cops were doing something: they tried to break up the Ottawa people at Billing’s Bridge who were preventing more trucks from getting downtown.
The cops weren’t sitting on their asses, they were complicit.
I agree, as someone who also did follow it closely they had no choice. They had a bunch of people acting against them politically, and stopping anything from being resolved.
I was suprised to hear this and fully expect a reversal on appeal.