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StrictlyRockers

(3,855 posts)
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 01:18 AM Feb 2022

Heavily armed RCMP moving in to make arrests and tow vehicles from the proto-fascist Freedum Convoy

Heavily armed RCMP moving in to make arrests and tow vehicles from the proto-fascist "Freedum Convoy" Ambassador Bridge protest in Canada where they have been blocking traffic for far too long.


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Heavily armed RCMP moving in to make arrests and tow vehicles from the proto-fascist Freedum Convoy (Original Post) StrictlyRockers Feb 2022 OP
There are some estimates that they caused up to 2.4 billion in economic damage. StrictlyRockers Feb 2022 #1
Should have been way earlier. Not let them take hold. LizBeth Feb 2022 #2
the arrests could not happen to a "nicer (( NOT)) bunch of people. SHOULD HAVE DONE IT DAY 1 Trueblue1968 Feb 2022 #11
The bridge was opened this Mon Morning OneBlueDotS-Carolina Feb 2022 #3
Thanks for this clarification. StrictlyRockers Feb 2022 #5
I think it was 6 or 7 days. Bev54 Feb 2022 #7
I was going to say they were there "for several days". StrictlyRockers Feb 2022 #12
This ought to cause problems for Doug Ford. roamer65 Feb 2022 #4
Sure hope so, don't know what the voters of Ontario were thinking when they elected Ford. Bev54 Feb 2022 #8
The bros ford thing... OneBlueDotS-Carolina Feb 2022 #13
Canada should never allow the bridge to be shut down again. SunSeeker Feb 2022 #6
Well, you know the conservative Premier of the Province, Doug Ford Bev54 Feb 2022 #9
Surprised he didn't go to Mexico like Cancun Cruz. roamer65 Feb 2022 #14
With some people in higher up positions knowing DENVERPOPS Feb 2022 #10

StrictlyRockers

(3,855 posts)
1. There are some estimates that they caused up to 2.4 billion in economic damage.
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 01:20 AM
Feb 2022

They did it by blocking trade between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, Canada for several days, by parking trucks on the Ambassador Bridge.

OneBlueDotS-Carolina

(1,384 posts)
3. The bridge was opened this Mon Morning
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 01:39 AM
Feb 2022

That was from Sat & Sun, not the RCMP (they were there) but the OPP, Ontario Provincial Police.

StrictlyRockers

(3,855 posts)
5. Thanks for this clarification.
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 02:02 AM
Feb 2022

Can you estimate how many days they blocked or severely slowed down traffic there?

StrictlyRockers

(3,855 posts)
12. I was going to say they were there "for several days".
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 07:43 AM
Feb 2022

But I went with "for far too long" just to be safe.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
4. This ought to cause problems for Doug Ford.
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 01:51 AM
Feb 2022

Premier of Ontario.

Some of his nutbag CON supporters won’t like it.

I smell a Liberal government coming soon.



Bev54

(10,045 posts)
8. Sure hope so, don't know what the voters of Ontario were thinking when they elected Ford.
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 03:06 AM
Feb 2022

Then we need to take down Kenny in Alberta, next year.

OneBlueDotS-Carolina

(1,384 posts)
13. The bros ford thing...
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 09:23 AM
Feb 2022

Is like a soap opera. You have doug, now the premier of Ontario. You have Bill Blair, The Federal minister of emergency preparedness, formerly Toronto Police Chief, who went after Doug's bro, the crackhead mayor of Toronto. Doug & rob ford tried to have the chief fired, after the Toronto city council stripped rob ford of all of his powers. Of note, the current police chief of Ottawa was Bill Blair's deputy chief and was fired or resigned due to conflict with the chief over police budgets.

Now toss in doug ford's daughter, who is a huge social media supporter of the truckers....hope y'all studied this, there will be a pop quiz!


SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
6. Canada should never allow the bridge to be shut down again.
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 02:24 AM
Feb 2022

Hopefully next time something like this happens, Canada will act swiftly, before so much damage is done.

Bev54

(10,045 posts)
9. Well, you know the conservative Premier of the Province, Doug Ford
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 03:09 AM
Feb 2022

had to have his vacay at his cottage and skidoo, that was much more important. He was hoping he could blame it all on Trudeau.

DENVERPOPS

(8,804 posts)
10. With some people in higher up positions knowing
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 03:48 AM
Feb 2022

what was possibly/probably gonna happen on January 6th, why weren't the DC Police, Capital police, and National Guard outfitted like these officers, when the insurrectionists stormed the Capital. And a beefed up numbers of officers..........

It is a fact that someone from up above ordered them to NOT wear protective gear or weapons...

Who would those officer's names be, in the higher command positions, that ordered their Department' officers be stripped of a way to defend the capital and themselves.?????????

Those individuals are in a category that should be the MOST investigated and prosecuted........

Obviously, the whole thing was planned for weeks, maybe months ahead, from the top down.......and could not have been pulled off without them assisting the insurrectionists.......

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