{"id":77666,"date":"2022-02-19T01:40:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T07:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=77666"},"modified":"2022-02-19T01:40:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T07:40:51","slug":"77666","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=77666","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;2 weeks to flatten the curve&#8217;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/news\/local-news\/warmington-police-horses-trample-demonstrators-at-freedom-convoy-protest-in-ottawa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WARMINGTON: Police horses trample demonstrators at Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Turns out the lasting image of the Freedom Convoy protest at Parliament Hill will not be bouncy castles but that of a woman with a walker being trampled by a police horse.<\/p>\n<p>The violence the Prime Minister has expressed concern about during the three-week protest in Ottawa didn\u2019t unfold until Justin Trudeau\u2019s Emergencies Act police army was sent in to disperse the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The three major incidents Friday, under a form of martial law, were grotesque.<\/p>\n<p>Video of Toronto Police Mounted Unit officers charging into the crowd and at least one horse trampling multiple people \u2014 including an elderly woman with a walker \u2014 was disturbing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is disturbing. Is the woman with the walker trampled by Mounted Unit horses alive? Is she in surgery? Has \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SIUOntario?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SIUOntario<\/a>\u2069 been notified? Do you have any concerns or comment \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OttawaPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OttawaPolice<\/a>\u2069 \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JustinTrudeau<\/a>\u2069 \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fordnation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fordnation<\/a>\u2069 \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimWatsonOttawa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JimWatsonOttawa<\/a>\u2069 &#8211; Why? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X251vZiIaq\">pic.twitter.com\/X251vZiIaq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Warmington (@joe_warmington) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joe_warmington\/status\/1494823238626869251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">But that was not the only troubling incident.<\/p>\n<p>Another saw a protester behind a police line repeatedly being smashed with an officer\u2019s rifle.<\/p>\n<p>And convoy organizer Benjamin Dichter also told the Toronto Sun \u201cone of drivers had his truck windows smashed by Ottawa Police (with) guns drawn and (he was) dragged out of his vehicle by force.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\">\n<iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1494815978877816833&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2Fnews%2Flocal-news%2Fwarmington-police-horses-trample-demonstrators-at-freedom-convoy-protest-in-ottawa&amp;sessionId=94f7b738bc00bad6eed523abd0dc9b7258699a55&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1494815978877816833\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section class=\"ad\">\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__label\">\n<div class=\"ad__label__center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad__label__right\">It\u2019s ironic when you think back to three weeks ago.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\u201cOf course I\u2019m concerned,\u201d Trudeau told The Canadian Press on Jan. 28. \u201cA number of people are there without wanting to incite violence, but there are going to be, as we\u2019ve heard, a small group of people in there who are posing a threat to themselves, to each other, to Canadians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But instead of violence there were bouncy castles, hot tubs, pancake breakfasts, pig roasts, road hockey games, dancing and fireworks displays.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section class=\"ad\">\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div id=\"ad__inner-5\" class=\"ad__inner\">\n<div id=\"ad-5\" class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"5\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-google-query-id=\"CLupk7ugi_YCFVPB9gIdFB4HUA\" data-ad-width=\"1268.666748046875\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">While Trudeau tried to pin the online postings of a Swastika and Confederate flag on the truckers, they brought in a crane to rise the Canadian flag and sang O Canada every day. They definitely wore out their welcome while clogging up the parliamentary district of Ottawa, not wearing masks and excessively honking their horns.<\/p>\n<p>But they didn\u2019t cause violence.<\/p>\n<p>So why the heavy hand in their mission to win back the city? That\u2019s the question Ottawa Police, the Prime Minister, Premier Doug Ford and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson need to answer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\">\n<iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1494710584146808832&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2Fnews%2Flocal-news%2Fwarmington-police-horses-trample-demonstrators-at-freedom-convoy-protest-in-ottawa&amp;sessionId=94f7b738bc00bad6eed523abd0dc9b7258699a55&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1494710584146808832\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\"><\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">I have asked for the names and conditions of the people trampled, the person hit with the rifle and also the man allegedly arrested at gunpoint after having his truck windows smashed out.<\/p>\n<p>It may have looked like a police state Friday. But it\u2019s not one. That said, the Trudeau government had already obscenely used blunt force by deputizing Canada\u2019s banks to freeze the accounts of protesters and threatening to cancel their licences, insurance and even take away their pets and children.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how it\u2019s spun at the end of the day, a majority of these protesters merely didn\u2019t want to take a vaccine, parked illegally, honked their horns and disobeyed Trudeau. It\u2019s not enough to hurt them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded-video\">\n<div id=\"player-2\" class=\"jwplayer jw-reset jw-state-idle jw-stretch-uniform jw-flag-aspect-mode jw-breakpoint-3 jw-floating-dismissible jw-flag-user-inactive\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"application\" aria-label=\"Video Player\" aria-describedby=\"jw-shortcuts-tooltip-explanation\">\n<div class=\"jw-wrapper jw-reset\">\n<div class=\"jw-overlays jw-reset\">\n<div id=\"player-2_googima\" class=\"jw-plugin jw-reset jw-plugin-googima\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jw-controls jw-reset\">\n<div class=\"jw-nextup-container jw-reset\">\n<div class=\"jw-nextup jw-background-color jw-reset jw-nextup-thumbnail-visible\">This was not ISIS out there. It was Canadians with charter rights. But the rhetoric was revved up by Trudeau as if it was a terror cell putting Canada\u2019s democracy at risk.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section class=\"ad\">\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div id=\"ad__inner-7\" class=\"ad__inner\">\n<div id=\"ad-7\" class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"7\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-google-query-id=\"CL2pk7ugi_YCFVPB9gIdFB4HUA\" data-ad-width=\"1268.666748046875\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/3081\/SMCO_ENUR_TSUN_EN_WEB\/news\/local-news\/story_6__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">Perhaps the worst thing that happened Friday was the fact that the scheduled debate in the House of Commons was postponed for so-called security reasons, even though the past two years has seen many online debates during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2018m disturbed and saddened by what we are seeing today in Ottawa,\u201d tweeted Opposition Leader Candice Bergen who is Conservative interim leader. \u201cThis situation was created by the PM and his desire to divide Canadians.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\">\n<iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1494794204308029441&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2Fnews%2Flocal-news%2Fwarmington-police-horses-trample-demonstrators-at-freedom-convoy-protest-in-ottawa&amp;sessionId=94f7b738bc00bad6eed523abd0dc9b7258699a55&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1494794204308029441\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section class=\"ad\">\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__label\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">Trudeau must be asked to answer why was it necessary to make the front of the parliament looked like a civil war Friday.<\/p>\n<p>It is true the protesters were a nuisance, but it wasn\u2019t them who were violent.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;2 weeks to flatten the curve&#8217;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; WARMINGTON: Police horses trample demonstrators at Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa Turns out the lasting image of the Freedom Convoy protest at Parliament Hill will not be bouncy castles but that of a woman with a walker being trampled by a police horse. 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