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Canadian trucker protesters blocking a bridge connecting Ontario and Michigan decided to defy a court order to clear the route on Friday night, despite warning from police that those refusing to comply could face fines or prison.
By early Saturday, the crowd had thinned out but was still standing as a party atmosphere intensified. Police were in the area but did not move in on the demonstrators.
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The so-called “Freedom Convoy,” involving hundreds of people and a few dozen trucks, had been blocking traffic from the Ambassador Bridge for five days in protest of COVID-19 mandates, forcing plant closures and work stoppages in Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, because materials can’t get across the border.
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Windsor police immediately warned that those taking part in the blockade could be arrested or have their vehicles seized.
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Ontario Superior Court Chief Justice Geoffrey Morawetz issued an injunction following a four-and-a-half hour hearing at which attorneys for the city of Windsor and auto-parts makers argued that the protest was causing undue economic harm. The order went into effect at 7 p.m. Friday.
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"Ontario Superior Court Chief Justice Geoffrey Morawetz issued an injunction following a four-and-a-half hour hearing at which attorneys for the city of Windsor and auto-parts makers argued that the protest was causing undue economic harm."
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Ontario courts did not give the first shit when the Canadian government shut down small businesses, but by God, don't pass off the international conglomerates.
DeleteSuck it judge.