Text messages included in affidavit communicate where protesters should park vehicles
filed an affidavit with the Ontario Superior Court as a respondent to the
A young child wrapped in a Canadian flag plays soccer in front of police officers during the convoy protest on Feb. 9.The affidavit does not include all communication between the two. It does include another text on the night of Jan. 25 where Cyr-Pidcock sought itinerary information from Eros. The Coventry Road encampment became a stronghold for protesters and was used to co-ordinate meal and fuel deliveries to participants downtown.Eros doesn't appear to respond to the officer but she sends another text a few hours later telling him the protesters won't be able to start staging everyone before 8 a.m.
"We'll provide routes into this area tomorrow morning. Staging area will be ready on Saturday morning," the text said. Protesters started arriving in the city on Jan. 28 and by the next day, thousands of people were converging on Parliament Hill accompanied by the constant honking of trucks and train horns. Wellington was clogged with vehicles belonging to protestersThe communications filed in court don't show any further texts or emails between Eros and Cyr-Pidcock until Feb. 9.
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