UPDATE: Convoy protesters seeking food accused of harassing Ottawa soup kitchen staff

[OnlinePoker]

Source: City News

The staff and volunteers at an Ottawa homeless shelter say they were harassed by members of the truck convoy protesters on Saturday, January 29 who were demanding meals from the shelter’s soup kitchen.

The Shepherds of Good Hope homeless shelter took to social media to share their experience with some of the demonstrators who descended on the nation’s capital to protest Justin Trudeau and his government’s imposition of COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

In a statement posted to Twitter on Sunday, January 30, the SGH says a member of the shelter was assaulted and a security guard was subsequently "threatened and called racial slurs" while attempting to help.

Read more: https://ottawa.citynews.ca/local-news/convoy-protesters-sought-food-from-ottawa-homeless-shelters-soup-kitchen-5008615

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Because of all the vehicles going into Ottawa for this rally, local restaurants shut their doors in case of violence. The truckers and supporters had nowhere to eat so went after the homeless shelter. I saw pick-up trucks in images of the rally with both the Canadian and Confederate stars and bars flag. So bloody sad to see.

[yaesu]

1. Those fascist pig mo fo's need prison time. nt

[JI7]

2. Most of these are not actual Truckers that work these jobs, They are mostly just right wing assholes

[Justice matters.]

3. The Truckers against vaccine mandates are themselves a tiny minority of all

the Canadian Truckers working on the roads while being vaxxed.

There are RW extremist assholes everywhere but they make fringe minority.

[LoisB]

4. What asses.

[dalton99a]

5. They are violent fascists and racists

[vercetti2021]

6. I see the stupid from America has spread

Joyful. Canada we apologize

[obamanut2012]

12. This is pure Canadian-born fascism

They've always had more than their fair share of rightwing violent shithead bigots.

This has nothing to do with America.

[padah513]

13. I tend to agree but

They got people up there flying confederate flags so some of our hatred is being exported

[3auld6phart]

7. Gawdammit

We have more than our share of ignorant asshole
m**fuckers up here. Bastard anti vaxxers. This
scum is prolonging this pandemic.. I’m so feckin’
angry.BP has gotta be way up there,damn.

[keithbvadu2]

8. 'in case of violence' - Someone called that one accurately.

[canetoad]

9. As usual

Impeccable attention to detail. Fucking idiots.

[KS Toronado]

10. Those flying the Confederate flag were probably paid by Qrump

Or he promised to pay them anyway. Canadians have no ties to the Confederacy, and magaloons
wouldn't leave their favorite flag at home here in the States.

[left-of-center2012]

11. More info in this DU thread from earlier

Thousands in Ottawa protest COVID mandates

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216301588

The protest has also attracted support from former
U.S. President Donald Trump and some Fox News personalities.
“We want those great Canadian truckers to know that we are with them all the way,” Trump said.

[Busterscruggs]

14. Of course

Extremists always support other extremists. Mr. Trudeau was absolutely correct calling them a fringe minority. I hope all of those trucks are impounded and auctioned off

[FailureToCommunicate]

15. Hey, there should be nothing wrong with a (peaceful) protest, but jeez they SHOULD have...

thought about food and such for when they arrived. Did they just assume they could waltz into town in those kind of numbers and chow down at fast food joints for days?

And isn't this crowd supposed to be the hardened survivalist types who can survive for weeks eating only pennican or jerky?

Wah wah wah. Big baby losers the lot of them.

[justhanginon]

16. Fortunately they had plenty to drink. Pee ce to you brother if you get my drift.

[eppur_se_muova]

17. That's a strange accusation to make against food -- I don't think they're going to find any. nt

[2naSalit]

18. Says a lot about them attacking a soup kitchen.

What a bunch of selfish pricks, females included, to demand food meant for the homeless.

They are, apparently, some piss-poor survivalists if they can't plan ahead for food!

Reminds me of the tourists who, in their flip-flops and tank-tops, jump in their car in Arizona, drive for two days to Yellowstone, and then whine that they are cold and wonder where the walmart is.

I suspect that several are being paid by the same sources paying for them here. That tfg mentioned them is a big tell.

[BlueWavePsych]

19. Uttering threats in Canada can get your two to five years in jail

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-264.1.html

Caught on video?

[OneCrazyDiamond]

20. If Drump makes a come back,

I was heading up north....Costa Rica it is.

[Farmer-Rick]

21. They didn't know to pack a lunch?

They got trucks for christ sake. Use them to carry a cooler and put some food in it.

Are they really that STUPID?????

They must be that stupid because they are carrying confederate flags. Don't they know Canada did not fight in the Civil War?????

They are so painfully ignorant, why would anyone join them?

[OnlinePoker]

22. Canada wasn't even a country during the Civil War.

That never happened until 1867.

[Farmer-Rick]

23. Thanks for the info.

[IronLionZion]

24. I've seen news reports that 90% of Canadian truckers are vaccinated

and these protesters are mostly just idiots who want to cause trouble.

[wryter2000]

25. Taking privilege to extreme

We are here, so you must feed us. They should have packed a lunch.

[Javaman]

26. morons.

one would think that there would be a lot of work right now due to: 1) morons not getting shots 2) short staffing due to people getting sick.

that would lead me to one conclusion; one that even these selfish assholes could understand, get your fucking shot and make bank during this time.

but you know, fucking stupidity seems to be the rule these days.

[alphafemale]

27. What is it with these right wingers neglecting to provide their own food

The occupiers of the bird sanctuary from a few years come to mind.

[sakabatou]

28. "local restaurants shut their doors in case of violence."

That is scary.