30 Ottawa Arrest Are Fake - Appear to arrest, put in cuffs, drive them down the road and release them. They no they have no authority to arrest peaceful protesters. (citizenfreepress.com) posted 4 years ago by MuckeyDuck 4 years ago by MuckeyDuck +30 / -0 15 comments share 15 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Not fake, just logistics.
Remember: They are towing vehicles and removing stuff.
Remember: They can't house all the protesters in the jails. That's the only reason they're letting them go.
They accomplish:
Separate the protesters from their vehicles for towing.
Remove protesters from the city, make it difficult to go back.
Disrupt the protesters' activities.
Arresting them makes forcing them physically out of the city into a lawful act. Without arrests, forcible detaining and moving them IS kidnapping.
Not a white hat operation, just working around the "problem" of limited space in detention facilities.