Police wearing helmets and armed with batons confronted vaccine mandate protesters in Ottawa on Saturday, the second day of efforts to retake control of downtown streets in the Canadian capital after weeks of demonstrations.
Officers from a number of different agencies methodically pushed protesters away from Parliament Hill throughout the day. Police said they used pepper spray at times — and later deployed “mid-range impact weapons” after they said protesters assaulted officers.
Almost 50 protesters were arrested, while some big-rig trucks were towed away from Wellington Street — which protesters had occupied for three weeks — and the surrounding area. In other instances,
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