Coutts Blockade

[tweety]

That is called profiling, and is illegal.

So is blocking the border and highways.

[dmlfarmer]

That is called profiling, and is illegal.

So is a blockade. And I would like to see the trucker try to prove it since every trucker has to stop at weigh scales,

[flea beetle]

So is blocking the border and highways.

So is blocking a railway. Didn’t hear you then!

[Ronski]

It is the perfect protest for police. I guarantee, every license plate has been already recorded of every truck involved Most trucks have names on them. And when this is over, every DOT officer will be stopping these guys every chance they get. Even if everything is perfect on a truck, the driver is going to be sitting on the side of the road for an hour or more each pull over. Weigh scales, if a pound over on any axle will be pulled aside. Log books will be scrutinized like never before. Drivers who participate will become unhireable. What company will want to hire a driver who puts his own personal politics ahead of rules of the road, or the importance of timely delivery or authority? Don't think companies won't find out you were in the protest, Some will end up with a record of their participation on their drivers abstract. And the log book of every trucker involved will show a discrepancy in entries for the period of the blockade. Participation may even impact insurance costs if insurance companies find out the trucker was involved.
The sad part is, none of these "freedom fighters" have even considered an exit strategy of the protest. Cops are still being paid every day they babysit these truckers while truckers aren't. And as those cops sit on the side of the road, pulled away from those their own families all because of those truckers they are thinking of how nice it will be to pull these guys over after this blockade ends. None of these "truckers" can see past the present and have thought about what this will cost them in the long run.

I worked in Venezuela when Chavez was alive. Did you happen to write policy for him?

[6V53]

Pushing Ottawa residents to the edge will be a disaster in the making. If there is a confrontation it will be on the heads of those egging the convoy on. This would force the hand of the police. Will you be satisfied with this or would you want blood spilled?

Perhaps when the prime minister recovers from COVID he could meet with the protesters and deescalate the situation. That's why he's the leader and represents 18% of the population.

[GDR]

Perhaps when the prime minister recovers from COVID he could meet with the protesters and deescalate the situation. That's why he's the leader and represents 18% of the population.

I bet if somebody offered to let him honk the horn he would be there in a flash!

[dmlfarmer]

So is blocking a railway. Didn’t hear you then!

Those FN blocking the tracks did not display their names, nor did BLM, nor did those patriots in Washington on Jan 6, nor did the proud boys in Liberty park. All irrelevant comparisons

And insult me all you want, Who cares. It makes no difference. I was simply responding to Jazz's claim that the truck protest is the best ever because the truckers have it so easy. Protesting maybe, but the potential fallout after that these "freedom fighters" are done and which they have likely not even considered makes it one of the dumbest protests.

[GDR]

That is called profiling, and is illegal.

I have a friend who is an ex CPS cop. His explanation on profiling was of course they do it, but it's not racial profile as everyone likes to say, it's an asshole profile and he cant help who chooses to enter that group.

[WiltonRanch]

Something when your politics somewhat align with those doing illegal things and you give them a pass but others not in your camp you want them jailed, shot, or left to die in their pissy diapers. The Coutts blockade is nuts is all I can say. It has more Alberta issues which I am not in the know of so I have no opinion nor will I run my mouth off neither. Justly so, the ones critical of it I have a good idea do not all reside in Alberta and should maybe look into it a bit more before they have an opinion. Personally right or wrong I fear this protest is going to cause the rcmp to do something for lack of a better word stupid and heavy handed in the public eye. They are not beyond f ing up a free lunch as judged by Mayerthorpe or the Dajenais incident at Spiritwood. It is increasingly becoming an untenable situation. This one has me worried for the safety of fellow farmers and westerners, and the eroding credibility of the rcmp.

[dmlfarmer]

I bet if somebody offered to let him honk the horn he would be there in a flash!

no, you are thinking of Trump
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=trump+honking+horn&view=detail&mid=7285C2 7C340532D83BB67285C27C340532D83BB6&FORM=VIRE

[AlbertaFarmer5]

It is the perfect protest for police. I guarantee, every license plate has been already recorded of every truck involved Most trucks have names on them. And when this is over, every DOT officer will be stopping these guys every chance they get. Even if everything is perfect on a truck, the driver is going to be sitting on the side of the road for an hour or more each pull over. Weigh scales, if a pound over on any axle will be pulled aside. Log books will be scrutinized like never before. Drivers who participate will become unhireable. What company will want to hire a driver who puts his own personal politics ahead of rules of the road, or the importance of timely delivery or authority? Don't think companies won't find out you were in the protest, Some will end up with a record of their participation on their drivers abstract. And the log book of every trucker involved will show a discrepancy in entries for the period of the blockade. Participation may even impact insurance costs if insurance companies find out the trucker was involved.
The sad part is, none of these "freedom fighters" have even considered an exit strategy of the protest. Cops are still being paid every day they babysit these truckers while truckers aren't. And as those cops sit on the side of the road, pulled away from those their own families all because of those truckers they are thinking of how nice it will be to pull these guys over after this blockade ends. None of these "truckers" can see past the present and have thought about what this will cost them in the long run.

You are making a lot of assumptions about who is going to prevail in this standoff.
You also assume that law enforcement will remain on the pro government side, against unarmed civilians.
You also assume that this isn't growing by the day, and that your blacklist won't eventually be longer than the list of those not involved.
Thanks to the assinine policies that have driven truckers to this point, there was already a shortage of trucks and drivers. Implementing your revenge policies will only make that worse. They couldn't have acted at a better time. Almost as if the government handed them this opportunity on a silver platter.

[foragefarmer]

Looks like they beat me to it.
I'm still trying to arrange trucking, and they have plenty of cultivators there already. https://twitter.com/i/status/1489046017051803648

So are you "TRYING" to join the unemployed Anti vaxxer Trucker convey.

Their a fine bunch.


Sending threating texts to the Mayor of Coutts and his wife, not to mention actually going to his house.

Blocking the Coutts border crossing on the weekend which effected the 1200 trucks that pass through there daily not to mention the stress they caused on the Employed Truckers.

Now the so call unemployed Trucks and their Groupies are blocking the highway at Milk River.

And of coarse there's the residents of Coutts and now Milk River who's daily routines have been disrupted.

So maybe these are a few things to take into consideration before going all in AB5