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‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber’s trial begins on Tuesday | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
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Lich and follow convoy organizer Chris Barber are scheduled to stand trial in Ottawa starting Tuesday for their role in the three-week protest that overtook the streets around downtown and sparked a national emergency declaration.

In the final days of the demonstration, as police began to order people to leave, organizers and supporters used “hold the line” as a rallying cry, as words of encouragement and as a salutation.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They blocked the city, filled the air with toxic fumes, left excrement on the streets, were not allowing people to sleep in their own homes and all this for 3 weeks. Let me remind you that private companies didnt want to tow the trucks and it took police forces from multiple places in Canada to remove the protestors, the Ottawa police force didnt have a chance to do it on its own. The state of emergency was justified.

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[–] thecam -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They blocked the city

Don't recall, if true it is based

filled the air with toxic fumes

Really? Thats your complaint, climate change?

left excrement on the streets

False

were not allowing people to sleep in their own homes and all this for 3 weeks.

False

Let me remind you that private companies didnt want to tow the trucks

Based

it took police forces from multiple places in Canada to remove the protestors, the Ottawa police force didnt have a chance to do it on its own.

So? It was a peaceful protest, not a fiery but peaceful protest. What the police did was just plain wrong, regardless of them following orders.

The state of emergency was justified.

Your all in favor of using state force to crush a peaceful protest and freeze bank accounts? WTF man? What is wrong with you?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Oh no, he said "false", he got me, I hope the convoy lawyers dont use that one.