Police officers appeared to be shifting strategy Saturday in Ottawa as they worked to clear the remaining protesters from the area, arresting 170 over two days.
The slow methodical approach that we saw from police Friday seemed to be replaced with a much tougher line today.
Police confirmed the use of “a chemical irritant” following “assaultive behaviour” by demonstrators against officers who were telling them to leave.
Mercedes Stephenson has more on the police tactics used today.
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But they won't use these anti-riot weapons on actual riots…
OMG Those Cops weren't messing around.
The same people they're protecting will one day "Defund them".
The only criminals in the Ottawa protest was THE COPS.
The G7 And G20 riots were riots. There has been no rioting in canada this year fren the protestors. Btw. Do Canadians have a right tronpreotest peacefully?
CANADA 🇨🇦 vs Goebbels News and Nazi Scumbags.
The police did a fantastic job!!! BRAVO
A most incredible statement – '..this didn't happen … I saw it!' !!!
I mean you just kinda contradicted yourself… no police brutality- “however even those on their knees begging officers to stop ended up with the same fate”.
If you ever wondered if you were German in Germany 1930, if you would of supported hitler?…. if you are against the Freedom convoy, now you know..you would have been a Nazi.
I'm pretty sure everyone watching this saw the video of the woman trampled by the horse. I'm also pretty positive this would be all about how brutal the poloce were if it was a BLM riot.
I'm literally looking for my dad in these videos😂😂 he was there for the protests
How did that work out?
Trudeau wanted a violent reaction from the protestors. He instructed the police to first harass and then assault (using horses) peaceful Canadian citizens. This was meant to instigate and deliberately provoke the crowd into violence. Trudeau would then use the violent backlash as a means to justify his Emergencies Act. Canadian citizens, showing great restraint, did not take the bait. Failure by Trudeau's police to instigate violence from the protestors, is one of the main reasons Trudeau had to back track and cancel the Emergencies Act.
You guys are nothing more than Trudeau's henchmen and talking heads. These are flat-out blatant lies. A journalist from a real news media outlet was hit three times with a wooden club then shot point blank by a tear gas canister in the leg. There are photos and videos all over the internet. You guys are an absolute and utter disgrace 🤢🤮
The Black Friday of the family day long weekend… after martial law kicking in on Valentine's day to quell the bouncy castle siege of the capital. Veterans getting struck with riot batons while begging IS police brutality Mercedes. How can you say such things? And you repeat no tear gas several times but how about the extra liberal usage of pepper spray on peaceful protesters? Why not mention that?
how about the so call police, taking their badge and names of ehhhhh
YES THERE WAS A WOMAN TRAMPLED BY A HORSE..THERES CLEAR VIDEO OF IT….MY GOD THE PEOPLE WHO CONTROL THIS COUNTRY… ITS UNBELIEVABLE…TO ALL THE PEOPLE ON THE LEFT AND SLEEPING..WAKE THE HELL UP BEFORE ITS TO LATE
hey ottawa police do you see know how the media the government the rcmp opp and csis all turned on you and know want to blame you 4 their criminal cowardly actions?…444
i was there there was tear gas peper spray the cops were hittting ppl for no reason and a lady was trampled
ACAB.
Faites cesser la prise de cotisations et d'impôts a la source que nos bâtards touche pas notre cash pour nous massacrer!!
I say smoke that bacon and take all they love, no mercy for the enemies of freedoms
And they say Russia is bad with misinformation
Looks like Russia
@Kimmacd0128: i counsèled the man behind the queue Convoy. they are more than just childish. they have about 50 000 000 supporters worldwide. most of them come from the drug/prison subset. the convoy was a recruitment operation as well as a demonstration for how their krystalnacht or "pig roast" could take place. The confederate oil barons want the moderates gone. the extreme military want the moderates gone. so they used their pals with the drug Lords to recruit the foot soldiers. Guess why they waved their flag for Q? guess why they waved the confederate flag? Guess who they were sending a q to with the neo nazi flag?
Can't wait for you media to all get sacked
Not a riot and using weapons of any kind against protesters is a war crime.
I definitely witnessed police brutality. There were people shot with tear gas canisters. We have video of 2 people being trampled one of them believed to have been killed. Why are you hiding war crimes? Because it’s been perpetrated against your fellow citizens. These people are filth for lying like this.
There was a man and woman run over by horse mounted police. As the police advanced, the man was kicked and beaten. When they put hand cuff on him and turned him on his back, they realised he hand been in cardiac arrest. This man was later pronounced dead. There has been complete silence on the matter from public officials, the media, and the family.
TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT VIOLENCE USED FOR POLITICAL GAINS IS TERRORISM.
can all Canadian Citizens USE POLICE VIOLENCE TACTIS on Political protestors
can all Canadian Citizens USE POLICE VIOLENCE TACTIS on Political protestors
can all Canadian Citizens USE POLICE VIOLENCE TACTIS on Political protestors