Ottawa police chief says Freedom Protest did not meet 'the Criminal Code definition of violence'
"Not the Criminal Code definition of violence, but the violence they felt by having excessive horns blared, by having trucks run 24/7,” Bell said to the Commission.
The Ottawa Freedom Convoy protest that captured the world's attention "felt" violent despite not being violent, Interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell said to the Public Order Emergency Commission yesterday.
Bell told the lawyer representing protestors that when he was talking about "violence" at the protests, he was not being literal.-- More...