As a six-day old blockade of North America's busiest trade corridor ended on Sunday, Canadians voiced questions on policing tactics used to quell the demonstrations in the border city of Windsor and in Ottawa where protests entered a third week.
The "Freedom Convoy" protests, started by Canadian truckers opposing a vaccinate-or-quarantine mandate for cross-border drivers, have turned into afor people opposing the policies of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, covering everything from pandemic restrictions to a carbon tax.
Meanwhile a social media outcry has been triggered by images of police mingling with a sea of protesters in Ottawa, helping some put a fallen tent back up, and one video showing an Ontario Provincial Police officer telling demonstrators "I support you guys 100%."The police department said the officer's comments were "not in line with the OPP's values" and they were investigating.
At least two members of Canada's Special Operations Forces are also under investigation for allegedly supporting the protests, the military said.Hundreds of counter-protesters on Sunday blocked vehicles trying to join the protest in downtown Ottawa, frustrated by what they said was police inaction. "We need to come together as people and say this will not stand," said one demonstrator in front of the city's police headquarters who said he was an Ottawa resident, but declined to give his name, fearing reprisals. "We need the police to actually support the oath that they took to support this community and if they can't do that, then they should resign."
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