{"id":1287666,"date":"2022-02-10T08:38:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T13:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1287666"},"modified":"2022-02-10T08:38:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T13:38:25","slug":"video-pictures-120-nz-freedom-convoy-protestors-arrested-in-police-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-pictures-120-nz-freedom-convoy-protestors-arrested-in-police-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Video\/Pictures: 120 NZ Freedom Convoy Protestors Arrested in Police Crackdown"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fvideo-pictures-120-nz-freedom-convoy-protestors-arrested-in-police-crackdown%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=1287666&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\">New Zealand police on Thursday arrested 120 people who were protesting against coronavirus restrictions outside the national parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-health-new-zealand-wellington-arrests-57205e08146cb05cedd4b4c61232e63a\">120 individuals<\/a> of all ages arrested were reported to have been attempting to camp in the capital Wellington for a third night, following two days of Freedom Convoy protests where initially over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/08\/new-zealand-protest-convoy-blocks-capital-demands-end-to-vaccine-mandates\/\">one thousand people<\/a>&nbsp;and multiple vehicles gathered against against New Zealand\u2019s vaccine mandates and coronavirus restrictions.<\/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>In an effort to deter future protests, police have warned all those arrested will&nbsp;face trespass and obstruction charges alongside prosecution in court.<\/p>\n<p>The police had reportedly told the remaining around 150-200 protestors \u2013 many of whom had vowed to stay there \u201cas long as it takes \u2013 that they were trespassing, despite it being common practice for protest groups to rally on the lawn outside the parliament, and police previously having said their presence did \u201cnot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/covid-19-omicron-outbreak-three-arrested-amid-heated-day-of-protests-at-parliament\/IKMVRPQMWROZTZQVFKM2O3UH4M\/\">constitute<\/a> a trespass notice.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19829370\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1000-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19829370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1000-3.jpeg\" alt=\"Police arrest people protesting against coronavirus mandates at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. The protest began on Tuesday after more than 1,000 people driving cars and trucks from around the country converged on Parliament in a convoy inspired by protests in Canada and elsewhere around the world. (Mark Mitchell\/NZ Herald via AP)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"632\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Police arrest people protesting against coronavirus mandates at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. The protest began on Tuesday after more than 1,000 people driving cars and trucks from around the country converged on Parliament in a convoy inspired by protests in Canada. (Mark Mitchell\/NZ Herald via AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19829418\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1000-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19829418 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1000-4.jpeg\" alt=\"Police arrest people protesting against coronavirus mandates at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. The protest began on Tuesday after more than 1,000 people driving cars and trucks from around the country converged on Parliament in a convoy inspired by protests in Canada and elsewhere around the world. (Mark Mitchell\/NZ Herald via AP)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"731\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Protestors are taken away by police in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022.&nbsp; (Mark Mitchell\/NZ Herald via AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Thursday morning the police announced over megaphones the protestors would be arrested if they didn\u2019t vacate the grounds,&nbsp;<em>ABC<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2022-02-10\/new-zealand-parliament-protests-covid-canada-convoy\/100818610?utm_source=abc_news_web&amp;utm_medium=content_shared&amp;utm_campaign=abc_news_web\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Police were then seen to move in on the protestors and begin tearing down tents and arresting attendees, at one moment <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Daz_Leicester\/status\/1491580008829177860?s=20&amp;t=BF0HAwU3ivjbppA2oRafSQ\">dragging<\/a> a naked woman across the floor by her hair \u2013 it is unclear why the woman was nude, but other protestors were seen with ripped clothing.<\/p>\n<p>Protestors chanted \u201chold the line\u201d, \u201cshame on you\u201d and one over a megaphone repeatedly said, \u201ckeep the peace\u201d while protestors struggled with the police.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19829450\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1369677038.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19829450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1369677038-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A protestor holds a sign during a protest at Parliament on February 10, 2022 in Wellington, New Zealand. Anti-vaccine mandate protesters were broken up by police after three days of demonstrations outside Parliament. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some attendees also performed the M\u0101ori&nbsp;haka \u2013 a traditional war dance by New Zealand\u2019s indigenous population that was popularised by the New Zealand rugby team known as the \u2018All Blacks\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker of New Zealand\u2019s Parliament, Trevor Mallard, seemed to have escalated the situation between protestors and the police, despite saying on Wednesday the protest was a police matter, opted to close the parliament\u2019s grounds in an effort to end the protest and isolate the protestors from reinforcements.<\/p>\n<p>Leftist NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/09\/as-long-as-it-takes-new-zealand-truck-protesters-vow-to-fight-on\/\">initially supported<\/a> the freedom convoy\u2019s right to protest saying: \u201cPeople often protest on the front lawn of Parliament. It is part of New Zealand\u201d, however, Ardern has since U-turned on this policy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/political\/461233\/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-tells-anti-vaccine-mandate-protesters-outside-parliament-to-move-on\">saying<\/a> on Thursday they need to \u201cmove on\u201d \u2013 greenlighting the police to break up the rally.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hordes of vehicles blocked streets around New Zealand\u2019s Parliament on Tuesday, in a protest mirroring others building around the world demanding an end to coronavirus restrictions and vaccine mandates. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/haqWykV3IF\">https:\/\/t.co\/haqWykV3IF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1491063698210832388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wellington\u2019s police district commander, Superintendent Corrie Parnell attempted to justify the police\u2019s actions by saying the protest had started to \u201cunfairly impact on the wider public\u201d, despite the physical protest, rather than the vehicular protest being largely self-contained on the parliament\u2019s lawn.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers have also been warned that any remaining vehicles in the parliament area that are blocking roads that aren\u2019t moved will be subject to enforcement action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand police on Thursday arrested 120 people who were protesting against coronavirus restrictions outside the national parliament. 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