Back at St. Bridget's church, a local man went inside and sat on the stage
TUPOC director William Komer said the guy was trespassing and could be arrested by their private security, then the actually Ottawa Police showed up and arrested the guy #ottnews
As for the actual arrest itself, the guy was walking out of the church on his own, when he says to the cops “Nice to see you defend these guys, who shut down the city for a month”
The cop then asks for his name and he replies “you’re a fucking hero”
Then he gets arrested
So whatever the reason for this arrest by the Ottawa Police, trespassing, obstruction, swearing at an officer and hurting their feelings, I'll say this.
If this was the standard for arrests during the convoy, thing would have been dealt with A LOT faster.
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Pat King is about to learn if he will get bail or not.
King's lawyer argued for his release in a bail hearing on Tuesday. A fellow protester who met him four weeks ago offered to be his surety. She pledged $50,000 to guarantee his bail. #cdnpoli
Crown Lawyer Moiz Karimjee is asking that King's bail application be re-opened. He is now outlining previous cases to support this #cdnpoli
Karimjee says on Sept 4th 2016, King was charged with uttering threats, and as part of his bail, he was required to surrender any firearms to the RCMP. He did but two days later, he buys a restricted firearm.
Crown argues it shows King won't follow bail conditions #cdnpoli
Friends, it’s time to check-in on Ottawa’s nightlife, to take your mind off city council garbage
Possibly the weirdest showing yet at Ottawa’s Hottest Club, Wellington St
People are just standing beside this truck with their hands up as a horn honks to a freedom chant #cdnpoli
The only other thing happening at Wellington St. is these guys are trying to play keep up. As you can see, they are very poor soccer players. Keep working on your first touch boys! #cdnpoli#ottnews
Leaving Wellington St, you see this group of trucks in a new formation, clogging what was earlier today a clear intersection.
This is common to see now at major intersections, a ploy by the convoy to make it hard to tow trucks #cdnpoli#ottnews
A large group of protestors just confronted the cops on Queen St.
Looks like the cops weren’t happy with the truck that is parked across the street here on Queen. The group came in and started chanting freedom #cdnpoli#ottnews
In between the chanting of freedom, this guy is reading off the bill of rights.
Other people are yelling at the cops to go home #cdnpoli#ottnews
The crowd just went into a rendition of O Canada, then someone blew a horn right in the face of one of the cops #cdnpoli#ottnews
The Convoy has called press conference. The speakers are Daniel Bulford, Vincent Gircys, Eddie Stewart Cornell #cdnpoli#ottnews
Bulford says the Emergencies Act still allows people with kids to come Ottawa as long as they are participating in peaceful protest, which they are saying this is #cdnpoli#ottnews
Bulford is inviting everyone to come to Ottawa because it will make it more difficult for the police to enforce the new orders #cdnpoli#ottnews
Basically half of the cabinet is here to announce new travel rules
As of Feb 28th, the requirement for fully vaccinated travellers to have a negative PCR test to get in to Canada is dropped. You still need a negative test but now you can uses a rapid test #cdnpoli
If you have unvaccinated kids, they don’t have to quarantine anymore if you’re travelling to Canada.
The feds are also dropping the non-essential travel advisory #cdnpoli#ottnews
The Transport Minister says that all airports in Canada will be able to receive international flights as of Feb 28th #cdnpoli