{"id":1358476,"date":"2022-03-04T11:07:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T16:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1358476"},"modified":"2022-03-04T11:07:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T16:07:59","slug":"pics-new-zealand-bricks-explosives-fly-as-police-attack-anti-mandate-protest-with-water-cannons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pics-new-zealand-bricks-explosives-fly-as-police-attack-anti-mandate-protest-with-water-cannons\/","title":{"rendered":"Pics &#8212; New Zealand: Bricks, &#039;Explosives&#039; Fly as Police Attack Anti-Mandate Protest with Water Cannons"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fpics-new-zealand-bricks-explosives-fly-as-police-attack-anti-mandate-protest-with-water-cannons%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=1358476&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/dominion-post\/news\/wellington\/300529966\/full-coverage-police-operation-ends-parliament-occupation\">cleared<\/a> an anti-vaccine mandate protest outside New Zealand\u2019s parliament building in Wellington on Wednesday after its participants resisted federal calls to disperse for nearly four weeks, Wellington\u2019s <em>Dominion Post<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage of the security operation captured by New Zealand\u2019s Stuff news site showed dozens of police officers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j0IIZnAMNgI\">marching<\/a> in riot gear through protester encampments set up on the grounds of New Zealand\u2019s parliament building on March 2.<\/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[embedded content]\n<p>Several police officers were seen in eyewitness videos tearing down individual tents with their bare hands. New Zealand police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/mar\/02\/police-move-to-clear-new-zealand-protests-as-maori-king-calls-for-end-to-occupation\">ordered<\/a> the \u201ctowing [of] vehicles\u201d belonging to participants of the nearly month-long protest, the U.K.\u2019s <em>Guardian<\/em> newspaper reported. Demonstrators \u2014 who have surrounded the parliament building since February 8\u00a0to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/02\/17\/new-zealand-threatens-to-use-military-against-civilian-anti-mandate-protesters\/\">protest<\/a> New Zealand\u2019s Chinese coronavirus vaccine mandate \u2014 resisted efforts to clear the rally resulting in clashes between protesters and security forces. Police arrested at least \u201c87 people \u2026 as a result of the police operation and seven police officers have required hospital treatment,\u201d according to the\u00a0<em>Dominion Post.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cProtesters were seen throwing pavement bricks, chairs, small explosive devices and other detritus at police, who pushed back with riot shields, water cannons and pepper spray. Some protesters have been in possession of various weapons,\u201d the local newspaper detailed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Fires were seen burning in the background of some eyewitness videos that captured the operation. New Zealand and U.K. media outlets suggested protesters lit their encampments on fire as police brigades closed in on the resistance hubs.<\/p>\n<p>A small number of protesters linked to the parliament rally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/dominion-post\/news\/wellington\/127954753\/we-dont-want-them-protesters-lingering-in-wellington-moved-on-by-locals\">maintained<\/a> a presence across Wellington on March 4, Stuff reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20110938\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238867979.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20110938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238867979-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Police face off with protesters near the parliament as they move in to clear out a weeks-long demonstration against Covid-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions in Wellington on March 2, 2022. (DAVE LINTOTT\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cProtesters lingering after the disbanded Parliament occupation attempted to take shelter at Wainuiomata Marae last night, but were rejected by the local community,\u201d according to the news site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter being moved on, they spent the night on private land near Wainuiomata, while some moved on to Remutaka Forest Park. Others were scattered around Wellington\u2019s bays,\u201d Stuff revealed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The news outlet said it spotted a small group of about 20 vehicles \u201cstill at Mahanga Bay on the Miramar peninsula on Friday morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Organizers of the anti-vaccine mandate protest outside New Zealand\u2019s parliament building said they were inspired to start the rally in early February after witnessing a similar demonstration in Canada known as the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/03\/01\/freedom-ontario-ends-coronavirus-vaccine-passports-removes-capacity-restrictions\/\">Freedom Convoy<\/a>,\u201d which lasted from about late January to mid-February.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20111002\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238866331.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20111002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238866331-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Police use jets of water as they move in to clear protesters near Parliament in Wellington on March 2, 2022, during demonstrations against Covid-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions. (DAVE LINTOTT\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20111010\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238866498.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20111010\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238866498-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>People face off with police near Parliament as police move in to clear protesters in Wellington on March 2, 2022, during demonstrations against Covid-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions. (DAVE LINTOTT\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The rally consisted of thousands of commercial truckers who intentionally blocked strategic sections of Canadian trade routes in an effort to draw global attention to the Canadian government\u2019s Chinese coronavirus vaccine mandates and movement restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>The Freedom Convoy argued the pandemic policies violated Canadians\u2019 civil liberties, including the rights to medical and bodily autonomy.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cracked down on the peaceful protest movement on February 14 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/17\/freedom-convoy-protesters-dismiss-justin-trudeaus-emergency-powers-move\/\">invoking<\/a> Canada\u2019s Emergency Powers Act for the first time in history. The law <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/department-justice\/news\/2022\/02\/canadas-emergencies-act.html\">grants<\/a> Canada\u2019s federal government extraordinary powers designed to manage a \u201cnational emergency.\u201d Trudeau <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2022\/02\/15\/canadas-use-of-terrorist-laws-against-peaceful-protest-draws-international-condemnation\/\">used<\/a> the Emergency Powers Act to arrest, fine, and freeze the bank accounts of the Freedom Convoy\u2019s peaceful participants and supporters, actions Canadian law traditionally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2022\/02\/24\/el-salvador-president-bukele-trashes-trudeau-for-claiming-to-stand-against-authoritarianism\/\">reserves<\/a> for violent terrorists. Trudeau <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/02\/23\/trudeau-revokes-emergency-powers-convoy-00011158\">repealed<\/a> the act on February 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand police cleared an anti-vaccine mandate protest outside New Zealand\u2019s parliament building in Wellington on Wednesday after its participants resisted federal calls to disperse for nearly four weeks, Wellington\u2019s<\/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-1358476","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\/1358476","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=1358476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358476\/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=1358476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1358476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1358476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}