We brought you a lot of the crackdown over the weekend in Ottawa. They have largely cleared out the standing protest. Some were arrested and charged, others appear to have been picked up, held for a while, and then released some distance away with a threat to not come back.

Of those arrested, 103 were charged. The main charges are mischief and obstruct.

89 of them have been released with conditions that include a boundary they are not allowed to attend.

The others have been released unconditionally. https://t.co/nhlToZrJhc

— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) February 20, 2022

But in its place, they have imposed fences blocking off a variety of areas and imposing at least 100 checkpoints and they want you to know that if you “simply” comply with the government edicts, all will be well. Oh, and you’ll have to submit to grilling as to why you might want to walk down the street.

There are approximately 100 police checkpoints surrounding the secured area downtown. Police will simply ask for your reason for travelling within the area.
#ottnews pic.twitter.com/vDr63iZw1h

— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) February 21, 2022

Ottawa drivers: there will be several road closures around Ottawa today that may impact getting around the city.

— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) February 21, 2022

Weren’t they supposed to be clearing blockades? I’m so confused! Now, remember this is despite clearing out the standing protest. So if anyone was disturbed about trucks, now they can have police “simply” grilling them as to what they are doing just because they want to walk down the street. Oh, and by the way, the elites, they can get through, just you peons can’t.

Please be advised that no pedestrian traffic is permitted north of Sparks Street between Elgin and Bay unless you are a parliamentary employee.

— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) February 20, 2022

They will decide whether you are worthy to walk down the street. This woman from Alberta was not, as we previously reported.

Uh…wow. pic.twitter.com/qaXbGwnyDL

— Yeah, I Said It (@corrcomm) February 20, 2022

Here’s a Getty photographer who was told press freedoms no longer apply.

A police officer stopped me this morning near my hotel in Ottawa and told me that I was in a secure zone and as a journalist I was not allowed to take pictures. I hope he was misinformed or it doesn’t speak well of press freedoms in Canada. pic.twitter.com/WdMzGAoELE

— scott olson (@olsongetty) February 20, 2022

But what if you don’t want to comply? We previously reported how Trudeau threatened to conscript tow truck drivers to work for them to clear out the protest. Listen as he just blithely says they did indeed conscript some of the drivers who were not willing. So they need the Emergencies Act to be able to take away people’s rights.

Trudeau says by invoking the Emergencies Act it allowed him to compel tow truck drivers to do the government's bidding under threat of serious financial fines.

States protesters may continue their blockades.

"That is a power we now may well need"https://t.co/cTm6cKHpsA pic.twitter.com/P92ppKizsm

— Efron Monsanto 🇨🇦🚜🚛 (@realmonsanto) February 21, 2022

Now if they wish, if you contribute to what they don’t like, or have “unacceptable views,” your accounts will be frozen. Here they are saying they did it.

Ottawa Police praises Trudeau's use of the Emergencies Act, it allowed them to freeze over 206 "financial products", which includes personal banking accounts and bitcoin addresses.https://t.co/cTm6cKHpsA pic.twitter.com/flUlEF3vgf

— Efron Monsanto 🇨🇦🚜🚛 (@realmonsanto) February 20, 2022

So instead of a peaceful, albeit loud protest, you have a jackbooted police state in its place. As we noted earlier, Justin Trudeau is saying they need to continue it, despite no occupation or blockade continuing. Which kind of makes it clear that wasn’t what the Emergencies Act was about.

Why not just shout "PAPIERE BITTE" like in the old days? https://t.co/Z1YlTKcWlc

— Chris Tomlinson (@TomlinsonCJ) February 21, 2022

Member of the European Parliament Cristian Terhes compared Trudeau to a Communist dictator with all these moves and said we all have to stand together against such moves against freedom around the world. It’s hard to disagree, seeing how fast Canada has fallen.