Freedom Convoy protests [Split from All things 2019-nCoV]

[MilEME09]

Crazy idea, declare state of emergency, call in the CAF, but not for enforcement. Police move in and arrest and remove all truck drivers and protestors. You then bring in MSE ops to move every vehicle to a secure compound, then charge 1-5000 a day till they retrieve them.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Wonder what this'll be about?

Premier Doug Ford will be joined by Solicitor General Sylvia Jones, Attorney General Doug Downey and Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation, to make an announcement.

Date: Friday, February 11, 2022
Time: Remarks at 10:30 a.m.

A media availability will follow.

Location: Room 247, Legislative Building
Queen’s Park
Toronto, ON

Livestream:
With English closed captioning ― Premier’s official YouTube channel
With French interpretation and closed captioning ― Premier’s official YouTube channel - French

 

[lenaitch]

Got to give it to the govthey work very work to not have to talk to them.

As an aside I think read sometime ago about that soldier. I don't think things turned out very well for him. Something about a porn movie after being released. I could be wrong. But is that what we want on our phones and screen? If the army is deployed....everyone loses. And some forever.

More of the same from elsewhere ...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1491907291406376967

The President or a state governor likely has the authority to clear any international bridge - to the middle of the river. One wonders why they haven't done that yet to show us how it's done.

 

[Remius]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1491980741059690496

Interesting change of tone…

 

[daftandbarmy]

The President or a state governor likely has the authority to clear any international bridge - to the middle of the river. One wonders why they haven't done that yet to show us how it's done.

Their first mistake was letting the trucks on the bridge in the first place, IMHO.

If there's an example of cross border security failure required, that would be it.

 

[mariomike]

Matt Gurney: In Ottawa, the unstoppable force approaches the immovable object

A significant slice of our population is furious. It doesn't matter if you think they're wrong. What are we going to do about it?

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Interesting how he "blended in".

I should also note that I'm a tall, unsmiling white dude with a buzzed head who wandered the area in a gigantic and delightfully warm NFL hoodie, and it's very possible that my experience was skewed by the fact that I blended in.
The crowd is overwhelmingly white, but not exclusively so. If you're looking for a bit of colour, you'll find it, but you will have to look.

From our discussion,

Watch what happens when the normally-Team red friendly Sikh community from 604 and 416/905 starts to question Team Red’s lack of support…

Canada Truckers' Protests: Why South Asians Have Avoided Joining Freedom Convoy​

Canada Truckers' Protests: Why South Asians Have Avoided Joining Freedom Convoy

The South Asian community, which comprises a large part of Canada's trucking workforce, has stayed away from the anti-vaccine truckers' protests. Manan Gupta, editor of Road Today , and Manbir Bharj, tell The Quint why this has been the case.

www.thequint.com

"First and foremost, the South Asian community at large is hardly anti-vaccine. There is no anti-vaccine sentiment. In fact, the community has been at the forefront in organising vaccination clinics. Our religious places of worship, our temples, our Sikh gurdwaras, our mosques – they have opened their doors to organise those vaccine clinics."

It hasn't been about truckers since before it arrived in Ottawa,

Interesting to "watch what happens" next election.

 

[FSTO]

The government has assembled the Incident Response Group!

 

[Remius]

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So the occupiers have decided to swear themselves in as “peace officers”.

Anyone that supports this care to explain this away as normal?

 

[Halifax Tar]

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So the occupiers have decided to swear themselves in as “peace officers”.

Anyone that supports this care to explain this away as normal?

 

[QV]

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So the occupiers have decided to swear themselves in as “peace officers”.

Anyone that supports this care to explain this away as normal?

People can support the idea of no more mandates and restrictions without supporting cherry picked incidents of idiocy.

 

[Remius]

People can support the idea of no more mandates and restrictions without supporting cherry picked incidents of idiocy.

That really wasn’t what I was asking.

 

[The Bread Guy]

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So the occupiers have decided to swear themselves in as “peace officers”.

Anyone that supports this care to explain this away as normal?

A titch more in print ...

... protesters have taken it upon themselves to designate members of the group as officers of the peace.

In a ceremony witnessed on social media Thursday, protesters in Ottawa can be seen on video "swearing themselves in as peace officers" and taking a vow which they allege deputizes them to "arrest and detain" anyone they deem as disturbing the peace.

The protesters in the video claim the Ottawa Police Service is aware of their actions ...

LEO's jump in, but the Criminal Code seems pretty comprehensive on who's a "peace officer" as well as who can arrest who.

Then again, they're "swearing in" as "officers of the peace", right? #SovereignCitizensNorth

 

[FSTO]

Freeman on the Land types?

A titch more in print ...

LEO's jump in, but the Criminal Code seems pretty comprehensive on who's a "peace officer" as well as who can arrest who.

Then again, they're "swearing in" as "officers of the peace", right? #SovereignCitizensNorth

 

[RangerRay]

A titch more in print ...

LEO's jump in, but the Criminal Code seems pretty comprehensive on who's a "peace officer" as well as who can arrest who.

Then again, they're "swearing in" as "officers of the peace", right? #SovereignCitizensNorth

This is straight out of Freemen-on-the-Land/Sovereign Citizen SOP. The FBI considers them to be a domestic terrorism threat and they have a history of killing law enforcement when they, you know, enforce the law.

Their MOU is full of pseudo-legal nonsense that FOL are know to use.

Sovereign Citizens: A Growing Domestic Threat to Law Enforcement | FBI: Law Enforcement Bulletin

Law enforcement must become knowledgeable and aware of sovereign-citizen extremists.

leb.fbi.gov

AFAIK, only a duly constituted authority (i.e. The Crown) May appoint law enforcement officers in Canada. Citizens arrest is limited to “found committing an indictable offence”.

There are some nefarious forces at work behind the scenes of this street party.

 

[The Bread Guy]

... Their MOU is full of pseudo-legal nonsense that FOL are know to use.

Sovereign Citizens: A Growing Domestic Threat to Law Enforcement | FBI: Law Enforcement Bulletin

Law enforcement must become knowledgeable and aware of sovereign-citizen extremists.

leb.fbi.gov

...

Hey, I've been told that's already outta date re: the demand narrative - funny how it keeps coming up, though?

 

[Spencer100]

Their first mistake was letting the trucks on the bridge in the first place, IMHO.

If there's an example of cross border security failure required, that would be it.

They are not on the bridge itself. They are on Huron Church the main road into the bridge complex. The Ambassador Bridge is privately owned. (That is quite the story if you look it up) And if they were the Bridge company could have done something by now. Trust me on that one. But the people set up know the deal there.

They also have the back way blocked too.

 

[Remius]

Doug Ford making his announcements right now.

State of emergency declared and whole bunch of penalties, fines and enforcement.

I like his tone.

 

[Remius]

Premier Ford declares state of emergency in Ontario over blockade; court grants Ambassador Bridge injunction

The Ontario government has invoked new emergency measures by declaring a state of emergency aimed at protesters and ending the blockade at a key border crossing in the province, including stiffer fines and penalties for protesters.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[Kilted]

He has definitely left the option of using force wide open.

 

[Czech_pivo]

The President or a state governor likely has the authority to clear any international bridge - to the middle of the river. One wonders why they haven't done that yet to show us how it's done.

Because I don't think the bridge itself is blocked, only the entrance/exit on the CDN side.