Last night, the situation in Ottawa took a frightening turn, as brave protesters stood firm in the face of tyranny in their fight for freedom:
Despite the freezing cold temperatures and an army of police officers, protesters in Ottawa are refusing to back down in the face of tyranny 🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/f7ZkiFNLh3
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) February 19, 2022
As Canadian truckers protesting for freedom from authoritarian COVID mandates and restrictions remained on the streets of Canada’s capital city of Ottawa, armored tanks rolled in, accompanied by hundreds of police officers determined to shut down their peaceful protest.
Watch:
Polices in Ottawa try to stop the convoy protest.@RebelNewsOnline#FreedomConvoy #TruckersForFreedom2022 pic.twitter.com/wtHSmteWbl
— Guillaume Roy (@guillaum3roy) February 19, 2022
Drew Hernandez captured an incredible scene of Rebel News reporter Alexandra Lavoie, who was allegedly shot in the head with a non-lethal weapon while covering the police conflict with the protesters.
Watch:
BREAKING: Ottawa storm troopers are now deploying non lethal munitions on peaceful protesters and journalists @RebelNewsOnline reporter @ThevoiceAlexa gets hit while documenting pic.twitter.com/X1Wc2jWctY
— Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) February 19, 2022
Watch this trucker say he doesn’t care if they take his truck or arrest him, that freedom is much more important:
Reporter:Are you prepared to lose your truck?
Trucker: yeah, it’s just a material possession. Freedom is much more.#FreedomConvoy2022 #CanadaTruckers #TrudeauHasGotToGo pic.twitter.com/jOXshEWRxB
— 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐎 𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐘 (@RiggsGeno) February 16, 2022
For those peaceful protesters who refused to back down, they were brutalized by law enforcement under the direction of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau:
WATCH: The moment police used pepper spray against 2 women in Ottawa.
Captured by @lincolnmjay pic.twitter.com/JyiV0C2E9v
— Mocha Bezirgan 🇨🇦 (@BezirganMocha) February 19, 2022
Massive amounts of tear gas are being deployed against protesters:
BREAKING: Ottawa police have now deployed tear gas on the convoy protesters captured from @lincolnmjay's livestream right now.https://t.co/cTm6cKZ0k8 pic.twitter.com/hzO5nBlW4k
— Efrain Flores Monsanto 🇨🇦🚛 (@realmonsanto) February 19, 2022
Protesters spoke to the police through bullhorns asking, “Why isn’t Justin Trudeau talking to us?” and “All we want to do is talk—a diplomatic civil conversation.” They told the police, “We love you! We are here to show you that we love you. We are not violent—we are peaceful!”
Watch:
In Ottawa, Protesters Beg the Question, Why Are Police Doing the Bidding of Trudeau?
"Why isn't Justin Trudeau talking to us? Why does he have you guys out here? Why is he using you guys like puppets instead of being a leader?"
"We've been here for three weeks asking to talk." pic.twitter.com/mSIpTURRMD
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) February 19, 2022
Here’s the full video of Alexandra Lavoie, the Rebel News reporter who was allegedly “shot in the head” with a non-lethal weapon. One of the film crew members claims he witnessed a police officer walking up and “shooting at you point-blank in the leg!”
Watch:
Live Freedom Convoy in OTTAWA! Update from last night!
https://t.co/E1bBirQ7ZR— Alexandra Lavoie (@ThevoiceAlexa) February 19, 2022