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Coverage dated February 17, 2022

Canadian police arrest 2 leaders of protesting truckers

Headline from WFMZ Allentown

Hundreds of truckers clogging Canada’s capital stood their ground and defiantly blasted their horns Thursday, even as police arrested two protest leaders and threatened to break up the nearly three-week

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  1. Washington Times

    Canadian police arrest leaders of ‘Freedom Convoy’ (opens Washington Times)

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    Police arrested two of the leaders of hundreds of truckers who clogged the streets of Canada’s capital Thursday, standing their ground and defiantly blasted their horns as police threatened to break up the nearly three-week protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions.

  2. France 24

    Canadian police begin arresting leaders of Ottawa ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest (opens France 24)

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    Canadian police on Thursday began arresting leaders of the trucker-led protest that has choked the capital’s streets for three weeks and provoked the government into calling on rarely used emergency…

  3. WFMZ Allentown

    Canadian police arrest 2 leaders of protesting truckers (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Hundreds of truckers clogging Canada’s capital stood their ground and defiantly blasted their horns Thursday, even as police arrested two protest leaders and threatened to break up the nearly three-week

  4. Los Angeles Times

    Truckers in Ottawa remain defiant despite arrests of 2 protest leaders (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Police in Ottawa arrested two protest leaders and threatened to break up the nearly three-week protest against Canada's COVID-19 restrictions.

  5. NBC News

    Police arrest two leaders of trucker protest in Canada's capital (opens NBC News)

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    “The action is imminent,” said interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell. “We absolutely are committed to end this unlawful demonstration.”

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