Police move to break up remaining protest at Windsor's Ambassador Bridge

[Spazito]

Officers lined the road near border and told protesters to move as vehicles towed

Officers from multiple police forces began advancing toward protesters on Sunday morning to break up a days-long occupation near the Ambassador Bridge border crossing in Windsor, Ont.

A group of protesters opposing pandemic-era laws such as vaccine mandates has been at the bridge since Monday, blocking what is typically Canada's busiest border crossing. On Friday, a judge granted an injunction demanding that the protesters clear the bridge by that evening.

While some people left immediately, including some transport trucks, a crowd remained and even swelled heading into Saturday evening.

But as of Sunday morning, only about 25 protesters remained. And as of 7:30 a.m. ET, about 75 police officers lined up across the road and warned that anyone who didn't leave would be arrested.

"Time to leave," police called.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ambassador-bridge-1.6350120

[Beachnutt]

1. Thanks for posting

the link has a cpl video clips of peaceful protester being arrested, His problem is that he was breaking the law by obstructing a roadway.

[CrispyQ]

2. I don't understand why this was allowed to go on for days?

Why is an injunction needed to remove people blocking highways, bridges, & roads & disrupting the community? Did they have a permit for their protest?

[Beachnutt]

3. I guess they were waiting them out

to avoid conflict....🤷?♂️

[Spazito]

4. The provincial government needed to act in order to give the authorities...

the okay to act. That was done with both the declaration of a state of emergency by the Premier and the granting of the injunction by the court.

I'd rather having to wait for the Is dotted and the Ts crossed than to have the so-called 'protesters' having any legal ground to stand on and, as we see, waiting helped end this peacefully.

[CrispyQ]

5. Thank you for the explanation. -nt

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. Because the Ottawa mayor and Ontario premier are cowards, and the police sympathize

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