Violence

Violence is the anathema to peaceful protests. Despite claims of being a simple protest or a peaceful protest, members of the convoy were unable to resist the temptation to be violent when they felt there were no consequences.

Later protests were much less violent, only due to them not wanting to provide evidence after the initial occupation.

Instances of violence

• Rocks hurled at Ottawa ambulance at downtown truck convoy
• Vandalizing houses and businesses with pride flags.
• Harassing employees of stores for wearing a mask, resulting in businesses closing.
• Threats to rape women.
• Claimed to want their own January 6 event (a coup attempt to overturn government) and that it would only be resolved by bullets.
• Had firearms in the Coutts protest, and claimed that they would be planted in the Ottawa protest. Protestors with body armor, smoke grenades and fireworks.
• Dangerous use of fireworks in residential areas.
• Made bomb threats to the Ottawa hospital
• Throws beer cans at reporters
• CBC Journalist assaulted on live-TV.
• Threw a bicycle at the police horse.
• Assaulting officers with weapons.
• Violence reported at Coutts as RCMP attempt to break up blockade — Calgary Herald — People aligned with protestors assaulted RCMP officers, including attempts to ram with a vehicle

External links

• Ottawa trucker protest sparks questions about definition of ‘peaceful’ protest — Global News
• Fact check: Posts mislead about crowd size, peacefulness at Canada ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest — USA Today
• Truck convoy not ‘a peaceful protest’: Port Perry reader — Toronto Star