Ottawa crackdown: police arrest 100 after 3-week protest
Police officers assist a tow operator to remove a truck from a blockade on Nicholas St. in Ottawa, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Police began arresting protesters Friday in a bid to break the three-week, traffic-snarling siege of Canada's capital by hundreds of truckers angry over the country's COVID-19 restrictions. (Justin Tang /The Canadian Press via AP)
By ROB GILLIES, WILSON RING and ROBERT BUMSTED
Associated Press
OTTAWA, Ontario — Police arrested scores of demonstrators and towed away vehicles Friday in Canada's besieged capital, and a stream of trucks started leaving under the pressure, raising authorities' hopes for an end to the three-week protest against the country's COVID-19 restrictions....
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