Police out in force for demonstration on anniversary of start of convoy protest
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The event was billed by “Freedom Family” on Facebook as a celebration of the anniversary of the trucks’ arrival aimed at “re-igniting the Love, One-ness, Unity, and Appreciation” for what began a year earlier. “It’s about regrouping, reuniting, it’s about honouring the people that started all of this,” Venne said, even if some of those people now face criminal charges.Article content
“I don’t judge anybody. I am letting everybody choose whatever they want. But, at the end, can people respect my choice, too?” Officers from various police services had a heavy presence at and near Parliament Hill and Wellington Street on Saturday.On Saturday, several protesters indeed complained that officials had pushed them from Wellington Street towards Parliament Hill and removed flags planted in the snowbanks along the sidewalks.
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