'How hard was that?' said one observer remarking on the ability of police to exert control over the nearly week-long demonstration. 'Leave or be arrested.'
Police began another offensive Sunday morning, pushing south along Huron Church Road from the Ambassador Bridge to Tecumseh Road, clearing the few remaining protesters in the process."The police,"were"equipped with armoured vehicles, tear gas and rubber bullet guns, warned that protesters who did not leave would be arrested and charged with mischief."
Footage from the scene showed a number of vehicle leaving after the police said anyone remaining would be arrested and have their vehicle impounded:political journalist and author John Ivison in response to footage of trucks departing under police threat."Leave or be arrested." The effort to end the blockade of the bridge in Windsor came as a similar"trucker protests" continued in the nation's capitol city of Ottawa—where thousands gathered on Sunday to voice their opposition to public health measures—and smaller demonstrations and blockades occurred elsewhere in the country.
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