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Spazito

(54,362 posts) Fri Feb 18, 2022, 10:00 AM Feb 2022

Police start making arrests in operation to end occupation in Ottawa

Some 100 checkpoints set up Thursday night as 2 key organizers arrested, charged

Police have begun to make arrests in Ottawa's downtown core as the operation to end the three-week occupation ramps up Friday morning, while two key convoy organizers are set to appear in court.

At 8:10 a.m. ET, Ottawa police announced a large police presence on Nicholas Street in the city's core. According to police, some protesters were surrendering and being arrested.

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About 15 police vans were seen parked at the intersection of Rideau and Nicholas streets around 8:30 a.m. delivering dozens of officers to the downtown streets. At the same time, a number of protesters seemed to be settling in for the day with small tents and fires to stay warm.

The Children's Aid Society of Ottawa says it is working with police to keep children in the downtown core safe and, as of 9:15 a.m., confirmed no children had been transferred to its care.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/police-action-convoy-protest-1.6356444

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Police start making arrests in operation to end occupation in Ottawa (Original Post) Spazito Feb 2022 OP

Thoughts and prayers True Dough Feb 2022 #1

Freedumb to infect ... BlueWavePsych Feb 2022 #7

Hmm, my plan would be to give food&heat to families; arrest them last; to minimize upset children Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #2

Unfortunately Busterscruggs Feb 2022 #3

That is true... Spazito Feb 2022 #5

They may lose custody of their children. Lucky kids. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #8

I honestly cannot fathom any responsible parent... Spazito Feb 2022 #9

Keeping children in the red zones is punishable by up to $10,000 fine & up to 5 years in jail. . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #10

For those following this - the link in the OP is to a live site Yonnie3 Feb 2022 #4

Hardened perimeter ... BlueWavePsych Feb 2022 #6

True Dough

(20,283 posts)

1. Thoughts and prayers

Reply to Spazito (Original post)

Fri Feb 18, 2022, 10:02 AM

Feb 2022

to the "freedumb fighters."

BlueWavePsych

(3,056 posts)

7. Freedumb to infect ...

Reply to True Dough (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 18, 2022, 02:12 PM

Feb 2022

Bernardo de La Paz

(50,918 posts)

2. Hmm, my plan would be to give food&heat to families; arrest them last; to minimize upset children

Reply to Spazito (Original post)

Fri Feb 18, 2022, 10:04 AM

Feb 2022

I think trying to extract them first would maximize tension and potential violence in the areas surrounding the families. That would pose the greatest risk to the well being of the children.

Busterscruggs

(448 posts)

3. Unfortunately

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 18, 2022, 11:16 AM

Feb 2022

These terrorists are using children as human shields

Spazito

(54,362 posts)

5. That is true...

Reply to Busterscruggs (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 18, 2022, 12:10 PM

Feb 2022

The parents were warned previously to remove the children and they chose, instead, to continue to use their children as human shields. Child services is monitoring this very closely and if the parents are arrested, their children will be taken under their care.

The children will be traumatized, no doubt, if that happens but that lies at the feet of the parents and not the authorities, imo.

Bernardo de La Paz

(50,918 posts)

8. They may lose custody of their children. Lucky kids. . . . nt

Reply to Spazito (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 18, 2022, 06:12 PM

Feb 2022

Spazito

(54,362 posts)

9. I honestly cannot fathom any responsible parent...

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #8)

Fri Feb 18, 2022, 06:39 PM

Feb 2022

using their children as shields while they break the law. I wonder the parent/s, once arrested, will be charged with child endangerment along with the other charges. They certainly should be, imo.