Ottawa police investigating ‘illegal behaviour’ of protesters at War Memorial, Terry Fox statue
Posted Jan 30, 2022 06:08:00 PM.
Ottawa police say several criminal investigations are underway regarding incidents during the trucker convoy protests on Parliament Hill on Saturday, January 29.
Police say they are looking into criminal behaviour of protesters in relation multiple incidents.
Those include the “desecration of the National War Memorial/Terry Fox statue” as well as the “threatening/illegal/intimidating behaviour” to police and city workers during the demonstration.
“Illegal behaviour will not be tolerated and will be fully investigated,” police tweeted on Sunday morning. “We have investigative and evidence-gathering teams in place to support the management of the demonstration.”
Illegal behaviour will not be tolerated and will be fully investigated.
We have investigative and evidence-gathering teams in place to support the management of the demonstration.
We cannot take reports through social media. Incidents must be reported to police. 2/2
— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) January 30, 2022
Meanwhile, residents of the national capital are again being told to avoid travelling downtown as a convoy of trucks and cars protesting government-imposed vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions snarl traffic for a second day.
The truck traffic in the city’s core by Parliament Hill has made many streets downtown impassable to vehicles, police say.
Other streets have been closed and local police say they are working to mitigate the impacts of the gridlock on residents and businesses downtown.
“We continue to have a large police presence today at all large demonstration locations,” police said in a statement. “For residents and businesses in the core, police are working to mitigate the impacts of the demonstration, such as gridlock and parked vehicles.”
—With files from John Marchesan, CityNews, and The Canadian Press.
