’Freedom Convoy’ demonstrators wouldn’t leave as police moved in, trial told

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The Crown hopes to prove that they encouraged the crowds to ’hold the line’ as police ordered protesters to leave the area

Though Barber and Lich were both arrested before the police demonstration began, the Crown hopes to prove that they encouraged the crowds to “hold the line” as police ordered protesters to leave the area around Parliament Hill.

Barber’s lawyer, Diane Magas, confirmed that Martel himself gave that order to his own officers twice during the operation.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Chris Barber arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023.

“The reason that we were going slowly is because it was a heavy presence of demonstrators that prevented us from moving forward,” Martel told the court through an interpreter.

 

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