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BlueWavePsych

(2,641 posts)
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 06:01 PM Feb 2022

FreeDumb Convoy using their children as a 'shield wall'?

About 100 convoy trucks in downtown Ottawa have children living inside: police

Ottawa police say about a quarter of vehicles parked in downtown Ottawa as part of the trucker protests have children living in them, and authorities are worried for their safety.

Deputy Chief Steve Bell told reporters Tuesday that 25 per cent of the more than 400 trucks occupying the downtown core have children living inside.

“It’s something that greatly concerns us,” he said. “From the risk of carbon monoxide and fumes, the noise levels … we’re concerned about cold, we’re concerned about access to sanitation, the ability to shower.”

Bell said it’s something police need to address, and they’re having discussions with the Children’s Aid Society about what steps to take.


https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/about-100-convoy-trucks-in-downtown-ottawa-have-children-living-inside-police-1.5772103

Police have a tough job. Can't go in guns blazing.
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FreeDumb Convoy using their children as a 'shield wall'? (Original Post) BlueWavePsych Feb 2022 OP
The police should do their job WA-03 Democrat Feb 2022 #1
H viva la Feb 2022 #2
Going after the semis on the edges has merit. BlueWavePsych Feb 2022 #3
LOL. I can just imagine some wargamers eagerly strategizing this. viva la Feb 2022 #4

WA-03 Democrat

(3,058 posts)
1. The police should do their job
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 06:12 PM
Feb 2022

And arrest their parent for child abuse and take them from their dumbass parents. This is just like using human shields. Putin’s got poot.

viva la

(3,358 posts)
2. H
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 06:52 PM
Feb 2022

They should get some tow trucks and tow away a few of the more expensive semis on the edges. I bet that would get the attention of the rest. Confiscate!

BlueWavePsych

(2,641 posts)
3. Going after the semis on the edges has merit.
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 09:02 PM
Feb 2022

Tactical extraction of the kids, then main body encirclement can probably be simulated on a gaming engine ... maps, order of battle and key characters are already well defined

viva la

(3,358 posts)
4. LOL. I can just imagine some wargamers eagerly strategizing this.
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 10:26 PM
Feb 2022

Talk about asymmetrical warfare.

These truckers are risking a whole lot, even if arrest isn't in the offing. Their equipment is worth many thousands of dollars. And they'll lose more thousands every week they're not working. And ... for what? They're probably mostly vaccinated too.

The self-destructiveness of these people never fails to astound.

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