{"id":1321491,"date":"2022-02-21T08:25:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T13:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1321491"},"modified":"2022-02-21T08:25:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T13:25:18","slug":"ottawa-police-claim-freedom-convoy-finished-strict-security-measures-stay-to-help-community-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ottawa-police-claim-freedom-convoy-finished-strict-security-measures-stay-to-help-community-healing\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Police Claim Freedom Convoy Finished: Strict Security Measures Stay to Help &#039;Community Healing&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fottawa-police-claim-freedom-convoy-finished-strict-security-measures-stay-to-help-community-healing%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=1321491&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\">Ottawa police on Sunday night claimed the Freedom Convoy that took to the streets across the Canadian capital is finished, before adding strict security measures and checkpoints remain in place to bolster \u201ccommunity healing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fp-t0uWpjoA&#038;t=637s\">told<\/a> a news conference a number of \u201csuccessful\u201d operations 24-hours earlier meant anti-vaccine mandate protest groups had \u201cdramatically declined\u201d in number and the city\u2019s streets were clear for the first time in almost three weeks.<\/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>\u201cWe promised earlier this week that we would clear our streets and give them back to our residents. We promised that we would return our city to a state of normalcy,\u201d he said. \u201cWith every hour we are getting closer to that goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply committed to the community healing that we know now needs to take place,\u201d Bell added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Trudeau is abusing his power to defy and suppress legitimate protests. It will not end well.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cG194ZQeBP\">https:\/\/t.co\/cG194ZQeBP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1495220281618620419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Over next several days, he said police will build a wide ranging security presence in the downtown core \u201cto make sure that nobody returns to occupy our streets again.\u201d He gave no details as to what those security measures entail.<\/p>\n<p>UPI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2022\/02\/21\/canada-police-protest-dismantled\/8661645419742\/\">revealed<\/a> as of Sunday, 191 people have been arrested in connection to the protest with 107 people charged.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 389 charges have been laid, Bell said, even as locals who had gathered to protest affirmed they only sought freedom to go about their daily business.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"video-src-attr\">Robert Kraychik \/ Breitbart News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chris Harkins, deputy commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police, said 76 vehicles have been seized and towed.<\/p>\n<p>Police measures such as fencing, the heavy presence of officers and checkpoints would remain in place. Police had previously said there were some 100 check points surrounding the downtown area, UPI added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The dismantling of the protest was conducted following the invocation of the Emergencies Act early last week by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that armed the authorities with unprecedented law enforcement powers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Trudeau and his federal government must be isolated by the democratic international community&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DvBB4M6qNG\">https:\/\/t.co\/DvBB4M6qNG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1495499306190741507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Saturday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blockade.rcmp.ca\/news-nouvelles\/ncr-rcn181320-b-di-en.html\">said<\/a>\u00a0under the Emergencies Act it has frozen 206 financial products, disclosed the information concerning 56 entities and shared 253 Bitcoin addresses with virtual currency exchanges.<\/p>\n<p>One of the financial institutions had frozen the account of a payment processor account valued at $3.8 million, RCMP said.<\/p>\n<p>MPs have been debating in the House of Commons all weekend, ahead of a vote on whether to ratify use of the Emergencies Act as promised by Trudeau scheduled for Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the act allows Canadian financial institutions to temporarily cease providing financial services if it suspects an account is being used to further the blockades and occupations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19952962\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238650712.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19952962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238650712-1024x681-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"658\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A graffitied image of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen as city employees clean up Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill, previously occupied by the Freedom Convoy, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on February 20, 2022. (ANDREJ IVANOV\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19952970\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238625707-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19952970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238625707-1-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A protestor\u2019s eyes are washed out after being affected by a chemical irritant during a protest organized by truck drivers opposing vaccine mandates on February 19, 2022 in Ottawa, Ontario. (Alex Kent\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Sunday, the Special Investigations Unit said it was investigating two incidents that occurred on Friday and Saturday, when officers were clearing the streets.<\/p>\n<p>One involved a 49-year-old woman who reported a serious injury after an interaction with a Toronto police officer on horseback, and the other stems from officers discharging Anti-Riot Weapon Enfields at protesters.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ottawa police on Sunday night claimed the Freedom Convoy that took to the streets across the Canadian capital is finished, before adding strict security measures and checkpoints remain in place &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-1321491","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\/1321491","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1321491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321491\/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=1321491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1321491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1321491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}