Ottawa police say they made multiple arrests and issued hundreds of tickets across the second weekend of the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests in the nation’s capital.
The rhetoric and legal positioning is ramping up as well, with the police chief calling the ongoing protest a “siege” of the city, the mayor declaring a state of emergency, and the city going to court to seek an injunction.
The original convoy’s numbers surged with more trucks and bodies over the weekend, as police estimated on Friday that hundreds of vehicles were heading for Ottawa.
Hundreds of counterprotesters also mobilized at Ottawa City Hall on Saturday afternoon to push back against the ongoing downtown demonstration.