‘Lawlessness must end’: Canada police pledge tougher action on truck protests
by Leyland Cecco in Toronto and Tracey Lindeman in Ot from World news | The Guardian on (#5VSV1)
Ottawa police announce 150 more officers will be deployed as 400 more trucks and 2,000 protesters expected to arrive
Police in Canada have promised tougher action against the unlawful and unacceptably dangerous" protests paralyzing the nation's capital, but admitted the situation was increasingly out of their control.
With 400 more trucks and 2,000 protesters expected to arrive in the city this weekend, Ottawa police on Friday announced that 150 additional officers will be deployed and concrete barricades set up to prevent more vehicles from reaching the city's downtown core. Illegally parked vehicles will be towed and highways and bridges could be closed.
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