Public Inquiries into Emergencies Act begin September 19
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It's a good thought/point to consider. My cousin lives there and we talked during this. She brought up that her daughter was more on edge - she was going to Uni - than usual, and other people she/the family knew were also wary about the truckers, and this was days after they'd been there. So in the end maybe a bit of both?
Maybe. Neither of us was there personally, but the Inquiry is interesting all by itself.
The info prior to that was also interesting. I can't blame someone for feeling a little antsy if they actually believed the news - remember they were being told that this was a group funded by american extremists, controlled by Russian agents, that all the protesters wanted to overthrow the gov't, that they were dancing on the grave of the unknown soldier and that they tried to burn down an apartment building, and were attacking people on the streets. All of which turned out to be utterly untrue, but if you believed the media at the time and people like Jagmeet and Justin then that's a pretty scary sounding bunch of people.
The fact that it all was untrue has been verified before the inquiry even started - but not a peep about it from either of the three major sources of disinformation: the CBC, the prime minister and Jaggers.
Didn't Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a few years ago say that a protest is supposed to make people uncomfortable? Words of wisdom from the left.
Like the fruitcake that was triggered by horns? And the ones that were intimidated by the bouncy people? turdOWE supporters that don't believe in democracy.
Look at the source of the last one. Extreme left site.There’s always at least three sides to every story:
Ottawa police laid more than 500 charges during last winter’s “Freedom Convoy” occupation of the city’s downtown and the city’s acting deputy police chief acknowledged that “in a large number” of other incidents police could do little more than take down information about complaints.
More than 500 charges laid during convoy protest, Ottawa police say
A summary of charges laid between Jan. 29 and March 12 was entered as evidence this week this week during the Emergency Act inquiry.ottawacitizen.com
Ferguson’s (Acting Deputy Chief Trish Ferguson) testimony ran counter to protesters’ claims that the convoy had been peaceful until police moved in after the federal Emergencies Act was invoked.
A summary of charges laid between Jan. 29 and March 12 entered as evidence at the inquiry showed police laid 12 charges of assaulting a police officer, six charges of assault, five charges of possessing a weapon, three charges of assault or intimidation with a weapon, two charges of carrying a concealed weapon, one charge of possessing a restricted firearm and four charges of uttering threats of death or bodily harm.
(weirdly above, it doesn’t specifically state that it was the protesters being charged with these charges, But that in Ottawa these charges were laid between certain dates
There were also more than 200 charges of mischief, 112 charges of obstructing a police officer and 87 charges of disobeying a court order.
PUBLIC COMMISSION: Why was the Emergencies Act needed to quash non-violence?
Patrick Meagher Farmers Forum analysis OTTAWA — Former Ottawa police chief Steve Bell offered a novel way of looking at violence during the Freedom Convoy protest in downtown Ottawa in February. Accorfarmersforum.com
Anti-Convoy Witnesses At EA Inquiry Keep Claiming Phantom "Violence" From Freedom Convoy - The National Telegraph
Both the anti-convoy Ottawa residents and municipal government officials, as well as a few of the witnesses from various police forces, keep holding to the belief the convoy supporters in Ottawa were on the edge of committing mass violence, despite zero evidence.thenationaltelegraph.com
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.thepostmillennial.com
And then there’s this. I don’t know how to describe where this is coming from:
At public inquiry, Ontario police intelligence chief tries to cover up “Freedom” Convoy’s fascist politics
Morris’ testimony was a carefully scripted intelligence intervention with the aim of recasting the Convoy—a far-right conspiracy instrumentalized by a powerful faction of the ruling class—as a peaceful protest, and further augmenting right-wing pressure on the Trudeau government.www.wsws.org
Or the ones that were triggered by Canadian flags . Oh the horror .
No, like actual people who were reacting to the truckers there, and having valid concerns with them.
I don't know the politics of the people cause it's not something I asked about. I don't immediately suspect someone's politics for every problem going on in the world.
If you had been paying attention to the inquiry, you would know most of their politics. The one that was triggered by the horns is a government employee, and when questioned beyond the story she was coached to make, her whole testimony fell apart.
I wasn't talking about people in the inquiry.
Actual people who lived in Ottawa that I personally spoke to and raised concerns about the truckers being there at the time, and experiences.
Because personally the Inquiry is political BS and a waste of money.
It's a standard tactic. Look at the group you hate, pick out the most extreme handful, and claim that they're representative.
The 21 year old on the Dipper payroll that admitted to and condoned assault with a weapon? Great witness.
True. I admit I do this sometimes, but I am trying to make it more individual/personalized.
LOL - there was testimony that the Feds were taking their information from the CBC! (sorry) I don't recall who made that statement, but apparently the Feds couldn't be bothered to go down to actually speak to those involved.
BTW my comment was "tongue in cheek" due to the comment but of course, not everyone saw it so my apologies.