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The New York Times reports:
The Ontario provincial police mobilized outside Ottawa’s city center on Thursday, in what appeared to be preparation for a promised clampdown on protesters who have paralyzed the capital of Canada for three weeks.
In the early morning, police officers were seen leaving a convention center near the airport where they had gathered. Police vehicles, which had filled a large parking lot, began to leave.
Five municipal buses were seen idling on a street adjacent to the convention center, and police officers were seen boarding at least two of them, which traveled to the city’s western suburbs. Ontario provincial police officers were seen gathering at major hotels in that area.
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Buses filled with Police arriving in Ottawa #Canada #Ottawa pic.twitter.com/0Ki2cynxmB
— Melissa 4 Freedom ? (@MelissaLMRogers) February 17, 2022
TRUCKERS ON NOTICE: Police in Ottawa distributed notices warning “Freedom Convoy” supporters of potential consequences if they remained on protest sites on Thursday. A day earlier, police warned that demonstrators would face “severe penalties” if they did not remove themselves. pic.twitter.com/PjmHYeCYda
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 17, 2022
The OPS wants to inform you that under provincial and federal legislation, you will face severe penalties if you do not cease further unlawful activity and remove your vehicle and/or property immediately from all unlawful protest sites.
— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) February 17, 2022
NEW: I have seen unclassified intelligence assessments that warned Ottawa Police that ideologically-motivated violent extremist elements were involved in the “Freedom Convoy.”
“We knew these people were coming,” a source just told me. https://t.co/T1vvbHcHbv
— Justin Ling (@Justin_Ling) February 17, 2022
NEW: Police are running drills as they prepare to crack down on truckers. This is right outside of Ottawa.pic.twitter.com/VCrGWI3gHU
— Keean Bexte (@TheRealKeean) February 17, 2022
Canadian police are pouring into downtown Ottawa to start cracking down on the truckers who have been occupying the city’s streets for weeks in protest of COVID-19 restrictions. pic.twitter.com/sezrtybM0d
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) February 17, 2022