An RCMP officer has described the tenuous, and often fraught, relationship police forged with protesters as they tried to end the COVID-era border blockade in Coutts.
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Tulloch said efforts were made to convince the truckers to pull up stakes and leave when he first arrived on Feb. 1. He said the three accused were identified as leaders and he had most of his dealings with Van Huigenbos. Tulloch described driving into Coutts and having a semi pull in front of him and his partner. That led to a heated exchange with the driver, as other people gathered nearby.
“He made it very clear that he is the face of the organization and he put it out there to the people who rely on him that if they’re not going to listen to him, he’s going to walk away from the situation entirely and no longer have anything to do with it,” Tulloch told the jury.“He said, ‘if we don’t get those trucks through fast, I will lose the trust of my people. That will put us back four days.
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