{"id":1266555,"date":"2022-02-02T18:08:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T23:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1266555"},"modified":"2022-02-02T18:08:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T23:08:08","slug":"canadian-police-order-anti-mandate-protesters-to-disperse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-police-order-anti-mandate-protesters-to-disperse\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Police Order Anti-Mandate Protesters to Disperse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcanadian-police-order-anti-mandate-protesters-to-disperse%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1266555&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>Canadian police on Tuesday ordered protesters to dismantle their blockade of a vital U.S. border crossing, while Ontario Premier Doug Ford ordered the demonstrators camped in Ottawa to disperse and return home after five days of occupying the national capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on Tuesday <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-its-time-to-let-the-people-in-ottawa-get-back-to-their-lives-premier\/\"><span>ordered<\/span><\/a><span> protesters in Alberta to dismantle a barricade they created with their big rigs to block the Coutts border crossing into the United States. This particular border station is vital for Canadian exports of meat and imports of grain.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>According to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, some protesters refused to obey these orders and assaulted the RCMP officers, including one instance of someone trying to ram the Mounties with a vehicle. The RCMP eventually retreated after most of the protesters refused to disperse, and a few more even managed to slip past police barricades and join the border blockade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWithout hesitation, I condemn those actions and I call for calm amongst anybody who feels sympathetic to those engaged in this blockade,\u201d Kenney said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Drone video showing the trucks part of the border blockade on the Canadian\/U.S. border in Coutts, Alberta, Canada.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SydFizzard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SydFizzard<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BHCUr3bF7Q\">pic.twitter.com\/BHCUr3bF7Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marie Oakes (@TheMarieOakes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMarieOakes\/status\/1488744868784611328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The number of protesters in Ottawa appeared to decline on Tuesday, but their numbers remained substantial. Premier Doug Ford appealed to demonstrators to depart before the city\u2019s economy was severely damaged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThese businesses that have been closed for a while now \u2013 the restaurants want to reopen. So, I get it. I hear you. We have to let the people of Ottawa live their lives,\u201d Ford said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ford added he had \u201czero tolerance\u201d for reports of protesters defacing public monuments in Ottawa and said he found some of the flags and banners they carried \u201cdisgusting,\u201d including flags from Nazi Germany and the U.S. Confederacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/ottawa-freedom-convoy-protest-canada-b2005059.html\"><span>said<\/span><\/a>,<span> \u201call options are on the table\u201d to end the protests, which he said could have caused \u201csignificant and severe injuries\u201d or \u201closs of life\u201d by blocking city streets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe want to be very clear, both for the current demonstrations and any planned demonstrations: Illegal activity will not be tolerated,\u201d Ottawa police said in a press release on Wednesday as they announced three arrests for vandalism, uttering threats, and bringing a weapon to a public meeting. Prior to those arrests, Sloly had stated that police had no evidence of any violence or property destruction related to the protests whatsoever.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19679122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/Freedom-Convoy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19679122\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/Freedom-Convoy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Supporters of the Freedom Convoy protest Covid-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions on January 29, 2022 in Ottawa, Canada. \u2013 Hundreds of truckers drove their giant rigs into the Canadian capital Ottawa on Saturday as part of a self-titled \u201cFreedom Convoy\u201d to protest vaccine mandates required to cross the US border. (Photo by Dave Chan \/ AFP) (Photo by Dave Chan\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Canada\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/illegal-activity-will-not-be-tolerated-ottawa-police-arrest-three-after-demonstration-related-investigations\"><i><span>National Post<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span>reported the police are under pressure from some Ottawa residents to take firmer action against the protests, which are forcing them to endure \u201cthe incessant blare of truck horns, traffic gridlock and harassment by some protesters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe fastest way to get us out of the nation\u2019s capital, is to call your elected representatives and end all mandates,\u201d convoy leader Chris Barber responded on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian police on Tuesday ordered protesters to dismantle their blockade of a vital U.S. border crossing, while Ontario Premier Doug Ford ordered the demonstrators camped in Ottawa to disperse and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1266555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1266555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1266555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1266555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1266555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}