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> Invoking the Emergencies Act after 3 weeks was warranted after the police failed doing it's job. This is what I don’t get. The Canadian police had the power
by pyuser583 5y ago
> Invoking the Emergencies Act after 3 weeks was warranted after the police failed doing it's job.
This is what I don’t get. The Canadian police had the power to stop the protestors who crossed the line from protest to riot.
But they didn’t.
I don’t understand why. Why did they allow the ambassador bridge to be shut down so long?
They had the power to stop it. They just chose not to.
- lowkey 5y agoI don't think anyone has claimed that the protest turned into a riot. Only that the protest turned into an occupation and/or a blockade that caused economic damage and negatively impacted the residents of Ottawa. These were remarkably peaceful protests, for the most part, by both the protesters and the police.
- pyuser583 5y agoSorry, riot isn’t the right word. Nobody was being hurt, and that’s very important. However it’s not acceptable to shut down public roadways.
- slowmovintarget 5y agoHad the police simply cleared up the problem using existing laws a good crisis would have gone to waste.