Bridge to Canada in Detroit closes as Canadian protesters block the trade route

[marmar]

Does anyone else smell maple syrup-scented astroturf?


(Detroit Free Press) An ongoing protest in Canada over COVID-19 vaccine mandates spilled over into Detroit Monday evening via the Ambassador Bridge.

The protesters blocked traffic on the largest international suspension bridge and prevented motorists from passing, with signs calling for an end to the mandates.

The bridge to Canada in Detroit has been closed, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation, and motorists should use the tunnel rather than the bridge, or head to the Blue Water Bridge that goes from Port Huron to Sarnia, Ontario. ............(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2022/02/07/protesters-canada-block-ambassador-bridge/6699215001/

[LakeVermilion]

1. Isn't confiscation a part of dealing with crime?

Can the Federal, state or provincial governments just collect these vehicles pending the arrest of the driver?

[C_U_L8R]

2. Or bulldoze the damn trucks off the bridge.

But yeah, they should have their trucks and licenses seized. What a-holes.

[Lovie777]

4. Can happen sooner than later . ..

[Samrob]

3. What exported Trumpism looks like. The world is suffering more from Trumpism than we can imagine.

[2naSalit]

5. THere are/were...

Several ways to handle this and they blew it from the beginning.

[llmart]

6. All that weight on the bridge...

too bad it doesn't collapse and they all fall in.

(I know - that bridge is not some two-bit structure. I've driven on it myself several times.)

How long before this happens on the Blue Water Bridge too.

[Probatim]

7. Compare this to peaceful protests done by Native Americans over a pipeline.

Or 99%ers in NYC.

It's unbelievable.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. That's not good

(I rarely use this smiley)

I have seen the Ambassador Bridge from the port and have been through the tunnel over into Windsor and that is like day and night with respect to what each throughway can handle. That bridge is literally lined up with trucks continually and the tunnel isn't really made to handle that.