Canadian police arrest at least 100 protesters, tow away vehicles stationed in the capital Ottawa to curb the so-called “Freedom Convoy” in anti-vaccine parade
Among those who were arrested included four protest leaders with one of them receiving bail while the others remain in custody.
Police “continue to push forward to take control of our streets,” he said, adding: “We will work day and night until this is completed.”The crackdown on the self-styled Freedom Convoy began in the morning, when hundreds of police, some in riot gear and some carrying automatic weapons, descended into the protest zone and began leading demonstrators away in handcuffs through the snowy streets as holdout truckers blared their horns.
“Freedom was never free,” said trucker Kevin Homaund, of Montreal. “So what if they put the handcuffs on us and they put us in jail?”“There are indications we are now starting to see progress," Ontario Premier Doug Ford said.Canada’s Emergencies Act Authorities had hesitated to move against the protests, in part because of fears of violence. The demonstrations have drawn right-wing extremists and veterans, some of them armed.
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