Canadian police start arresting protesters from Ottawa trucker convoy

Fresno CA

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Police in Ottawa have begun arresting protesters and towing away vehicles in an effort to break up the so-called “freedom convoy” that has paralysed Canada’s capital for weeks and prompted the prime minister, Justin Trudeau, to invoke emergency powers. Truck horns blared as hundreds of police, some carrying automatic rifles, moved in on a protest camp near Parliament Hill on Friday morning. Scuffles broke out when officers detained a number of demonstrators, leading some away in handcuffs. A police drone hovered overhead as more officers on horseback and at least three armoured vehicles arrived at the scene. Officers in grey fatigues climbed atop two semi trucks as they took the first of two main camps close to parliament. Warnings blared from police loudspeakers: “You must leave! You will be arrested!”