> There was no "peaceful" presentation of grievance. There was weeks of civil disobedience and actual acts of violence.
Partisans love to play this game, where they judge a large group of people by the worst possible interpretation of the actions of a tiny subset of them.
For a protest which some estimates say peaked at ~18,000, this was the resulting set of "violent" charges:
"12 charges of assaulting a peace officer; six charges of assault; three charges of assault or intimidation with a weapon; five charges of possessing a weapon dangerous to public peace; two charges of carrying a concealed weapon; one charge of possessing a restricted firearm; and four charges of uttering threats of death or bodily harm." [0]
Obviously this is not acceptable, but the idea that the protesters as a group were "authoritarians" because 0.01% of them got violent is hysterical nonsense.
Charges were low because the police refused to do their job. This is stated on record.
(Also... Partisan hardly describes me. I've never voted Liberal in my life and have been opposed to this PM since day one. Ask any of my annoyed coworkers and friends.)
So only "bougie federal workers" live in Ottawa? And not being able to sleep for days on end is just "getting annoyed"
That's... amazing. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
And you're accusing me of convoluted scenarios.
This is deep down nested in replies of replies, so unlikely to be seen but...We have plenty of members of HN from Ottawa. Tell me, Ottawa people, what do you think of this?
And yes, they should have been arrested. Too bad the police refused to do their job.
