By Judi McLeod —— Bio and Archives February 4, 2022
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“There is still no timeline for removing all trucks, Sloly said Friday. “He said the effects on vulnerable people in the city have been heartbreaking, citing an example of two people living at a YMCA near police headquarters that stopped to talk to him outside the station earlier this week. "They expressed their frustration and their fear. They also expressed their understanding for the incredibly difficult job we are doing and the work we have done to support them thus far," Sloly said. "I understand there is a wide range of opinions around the efficacy of our efforts to date but we have done absolutely the best we can to keep this city safe, to keep residents like that safe. "We need to do better, we're committed to doing better and we now have more intelligence and allies to do better.”
“Ottawa police say they'll increase their presence and further restrict access to the city's downtown to control what's expected to be another weekend of noisy protests, but they warn the situation remains volatile and dangerous. “About 150 additional police officers will be on patrol in Ottawa as the city braces for another weekend of protest against COVID-19 mandates. Officers will be addressing 'unlawful threatening conduct' in the most affected neighbourhoods, says the city's police Chief Peter Sloly “In a Friday morning news release, police said the new "surge and contain strategy" means there will immediately be about 150 more officers dedicated to patrolling central Ottawa neighbourhoods and enforcing laws — as they're being broken or by getting evidence to act at a later, safer time.” “Getting evidence to act at a later, safer time” means Ottawa police will use every trick in the book to follow and harass all protesters when they continue on with their lives:
“It also means more heavy barricades to manage traffic and more intelligence work with provincial and national help to lay charges, including against those planning and funding illegal activity. (CBC) “Details on the road closures are coming later Friday. Interprovincial bridges and highway ramps could again be closed, police say, and people coming into the city to protest are being sent to parking lots outside the core. “Police Chief Peter Sloly said in a Friday news conference police are moving to isolate and contain people inside the "red zone" on Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill. "The demonstrators in the red zone area remain highly organized, well-funded [and] extremely committed to resisting all attempts to end the demonstration safely," Sloly said. "This remains, as it was from the beginning, an increasingly volatile and increasingly dangerous demonstration." He said he and other unnamed city officials have received death threats in the last two days that are under investigation.”
“The primary focus of each of these measures will be on the unlawful behaviour connected to the ongoing demonstrations. This includes parallel and counter demonstrations. (CBC) “We strongly urge all demonstrators and those engaging with the demonstrators to act lawfully, peacefully and respectfully. “The hatred the violence the illegal acts that Ottawa residences and businesses have endured over the last week is unacceptable in any circumstance; the demonstrators in the red zone remain highly organized, well-funded, extremely committed to resisting all attempts to end the demonstration safely. “This remains as it was from the beginning an increasingly volatile and increasingly dangerous demonstration.”It’s government-manufactured Fright Time in Ottawa this weekend, complete with the horrors that truckers and their supporters are up against in taking a brave stand for people everywhere. In response to a reporter suggesting that the police are enabling the protestors, Sloly stated:
"There is no facilitation of food, water, fuel, logistics or funding by any member of this police service or any other police service that I aware of. "Let me repeat there is no supply of food, water, fuel, logistics or anything else that relates to enabling this demonstration by any member of the Ottawa Police Service or any other police service I am aware of. "Should that information come to me you can be clear as chief of police in this service I will conduct a full investigation, I will use the full extent of the Police service act and if relevant, the criminal code to pursue charges against such a member who would do that."Freedom Convoy 2022 has the unprecedented potential to set the entire West free from deadly government mandates and to spare citizens from the crazed WEF's Klaus Schwab ‘Great Reset’ of which Justin Trudeau is a sworn member. ROLL On, hard working truckers, because the freedom and liberty of the whole world depends on you!
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Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years’ experience in the print media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared on Rush Limbaugh, Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com.