The Canadians are not f@cking around... Full tactical response including snipers.
Windsor police begin clearing out Ambassador Bridge convoy protesters
https://globalnews.ca/news/8615208/ambassador-bridge-police-convoy-clearing/
Police have commenced enforcement near the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont.
In a tweet Saturday morning, the Windsor Police Department said, “We urge all demonstrators to act lawfully and peacefully. Commuters are still being asked to avoid the areas affected by the demonstrations at this time.”
Protesters have been blockading the bridge to the United States for several days as they demand an end to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
North America’s busiest land border crossing, the Ambassador Bridge had no traffic flowing for a fifth straight day on Saturday morning. Dozens of trucks, cars, pickups and vans blocked traffic in both directions, choking the supply chain for Detroit’s carmakers.
Police in black uniforms with yellow vests were seen moving behind the protesters’ cars on the bridge. Tactical teams and snipers were also present.
The number of protesters had thinned from about 200 on Friday night to hardly two dozen by early Saturday.
Protesters closest to the bridge were seen moving back peacefully. Several were seen dismantling tents and packing up barbecues.
However, some are still unwilling. They are either in trucks or on foot, carrying Canadian flags and occasionally shouting “freedom.”
Police are maintaining a heavy presence at the entrance to the bridge.
A few hours into the process, the Windsor police tweeted a warning for protesters still within the demonstration area.
“Enforcement continuing, individuals who are located within the demonstration area are subject to arrest. People are advised to immediately vacate the area,” the tweet read.
Negotiators were seen trying to convince them to move back. “You will be arrested,” they warned.
Police have slowly started moving in on protesters. They we seen telling them to leave and stop blocking traffic or else they will be booked for mischief or see their vehicles towed.
“We are opening up this intersection to traffic. If you fail to comply with our instructions you will be arrested,” police told the crowd via a loudspeaker.
Some protesters continued shouting at officers and standing their ground.
Two RCMP armoured vehicles were spotted on the scene and some RCMP officers carrying guns were on standby.
In a ruling late Friday afternoon, a judge gave the protesters until 7 p.m. to clear out, although crowds were continuing to grow after that time and it remained unclear when many would leave.
“The activities that are the subject of this injunction, the freedom that those want directly results in the denial of freedom to others in society. The direct denial of their freedom to work. The direct denial of their freedom to cross and to move goods and services across the bridge,” Ontario Superior Court Chief Justice Geoffrey Morawetz said before delivering his ruling.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a state of emergency in the province earlier on Friday in response to the blockade in Windsor, and another protest that’s immobilized Ottawa’s downtown core for nearly two weeks.
Ford said he will enact orders making it “crystal clear” that it is illegal and punishable to block and impede the movement of goods, people and services along critical infrastructure.
On Friday evening, the Windsor police distributed flyers that warned protesters that Ontario’s state of emergency will take effect at midnight.
It is “illegal and punishable to block and impede the movements of goods, people and services along critical infrastructure,” the flyer read.
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