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Wed Feb 2, 2022, 06:04 PM Feb 2022

CBC*: [Ottawa's police chief says the response to the protest has been a success.

Not everyone agrees] *Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-protest-convoy-police-success-reaction-1.6334976

Ottawa's police chief says his force's response to the convoy protest has been a "success," but some critics say he's ignoring multiple reports of harassment, vandalism and assault that have plagued the capital's downtown core since Friday.

Chief Peter Sloly says the response has achieved its most important goals.

"The question was, is the bar of success no riots, no injuries, no death? Absolutely," he said earlier this week.

But Coun. Catherine McKenney, whose Somerset ward covers the protest area, disagrees. "I'll tell you what's not been a success is the response in a residential neighbourhood in Centretown, where it is chaos."

More text and photos at the link. Appeasement never works.

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