Canadian police tried to evict anti-vaccine protesters from the Ambassador Bridge, which serves as a border crossing into the United States, to try to stop the six-day blockade of the international crossing.
A group of policemen approached protesters near the foot of the bridge on the Canadian side, in the city of Windsor, on Saturday morning.
In an attempt to evict them, some protesters left on their own and dismantled an area where they set up makeshift tents and received food and shelter.
But other members of the protest were near an intersection on a highway leading to the bridge during the afternoon hours, including some who began shouting at a line of police officers, while a handful of protesters sang the Canadian National Anthem under the slogan “Freedom!”.
According to a CNN report, no arrests were seen during the impasse and detailed the means remaining near 20 vehicles of protesters.
For their part, the police of the Canadian city of Windsor reported this Saturday morning that the application of the law was still underway, and warned that the per People in the area of the demonstration were subject to arrest.
The Windsor police warning comes after yesterday an Ontario judge issued a court order prohibiting protesters from blocking the Ambassador Bridge after 7: pm, local time on Friday, with the authorization of the authorities to clear the area from that moment.
This ruling caused the number of demonstrators to decrease during the night, and only a few dozen vehicles remained parked in the area for the night. Earlier in the day, more members of the protest walked away, CNN reported.
“One by one, we will start towing the cars if necessary”, alerted Drew Dilkens, mayor of Windsor a few hours before the deadline imposed by the judge.
Meanwhile, Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency on Friday and promised serious consequences to those who are part of the blockade on the bridge and other surrounding areas, including the protests in the capital , Ottawa.
“Let me be as clear as possible, there will be consequences for these actions, and they will be serious. We have already started looking for money that funds the illegal occupation,” stated Ford, who said that people who do not leave the blockades would face a maximum penalty of $20,12 dollars and up to one year in jail.
The demonstrations began last month by truckers who traveled from west of Ottawa with the intention of protesting new rules that force Canadian truckers to cross the border with the United States.
However, there was a “domino effect” in which more protesters around the country joined in demanding other types of preventive measures for COVID-16, including restrictions on gatherings and mandates for the use of masks, especially in schools.
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