Canadian police trample protesters on horseback
Overseas Network, February 19. Canadian truck drivers protested for three weeks, and police arrested at least 100 people. The US “Newsweek” quoted a video report on the 18th that the Ottawa police and protesters clashed again, because the police trampled on the protesters on horseback, and at least two people fell to the ground.
According to live video, Canadian police rode their horses through the crowd of protesters, multiple people were jostled by horses, two fell to the ground, and the horse stepped over them. “They just stomped on the lady,” the videographer said.
Protesters then surrounded and helped the fallen. Police with batons pushed the crowd back outside the cordon and ordered them to leave immediately or be arrested. Protesters clashed with police.
The Ottawa police posted on social media on the 18th: “Protesters continue to attack the cordon. In order to prevent the situation from escalating, the police dispatched mounted police to create a safe distance between the cordon and the protesters.” The police also said that someone put a bicycle Throwing at the feet of a horse, trying to obstruct a mounted police officer, was arrested on suspicion of intentionally injuring a police animal.