'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Thursday, May 16, 2024.
An Ottawa police officer responsible for engaging with protesters attending what became the Freedom Convoy described crowds that were at times "hostile" and "confrontational" during the criminal trial of one of the protest’s key figures.Freedom Convoy organizer Pat King arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa on May 16, 2024.
During the second week of trial, acting Sgt. Jordan Blonde said a team of police liaison officers acting as a conduit between authorities and protesters tried using a "measured approach" to warn protesters to go. Blonde said his team of police liaison officers left the area because they just "didn't feel safe," and it was one of only a few times in his experience as an officer where he felt his safety was at risk.Blonde, who never interacted with King, agreed there were multiple convoys that had travelled to Ottawa to attend the protests.
A police officer puts a flyer on the windshield of a vehicle in downtown Ottawa on Feb. 17, 2022. prior to their late-January arrival Blonde agreed with her that police made it difficult for many protesters to leave with their vehicles starting on Feb. 15. But under re-examination by prosecutors, Blonde confirmed given the situation, vehicles could have been weaponized.
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