Coutts Blockade

[flea beetle]

And during a full BLIZZARD these police of questionable intelligence show up? Travel not recommended but go beat up oppressed Canadian Citizens in a storm 40 k winds.

I am wondering how long it will take the RCMP to realize that they too will be in the crosshairs of all of this if they do the bidding for the government. It is the most peaceful protest in a long while. What gives?

[ajl]

convoyreports.com Latest is that RCMP are currently negotiating with the truckers so thankfully no guns blazing. At least not yet anyways. As far as I can piece together mostly the police have been supportive of the truckers so far but it is disturbing to see numerous police vehicle coming down the road together.

[flea beetle]

convoyreports.com Latest is that RCMP are currently negotiating with the truckers so thankfully no guns blazing. At least not yet anyways. As far as I can piece together mostly the police have been supportive of the truckers so far but it is disturbing to see numerous police vehicle coming down the road together.

If they don't like them there, just wait until the last possible second, and then leave and move to another border crossing....still sends the message they are trying to get across. Would literally only take them a matter of hours to move to the next border crossing.

[TSIPP]

A few canadians are thinking of maybe coming back, because hospitals in the Mesa area are fairly full. Concerned about care if they happen to get sick, being a Canadian. Now the question is, is it your friends or my friends and family , which one are bullshitting? I know your answer, it's mine.

Mesa county Current hospitalization for covid is 55, I doubt that would be considered overwhelmingly full.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I did some reading, and no one is allowed in or out right now, so joining them isn't an option.

What about farm equipment? I've never been through Coutts, is it farmland on all sides? Could bona-fide farmers drive tractors etc across the fields and get right up to the parking lot? To bulk up the numbers and block any access to tow trucks if it goes that far? Bring in food, fuel and supplies.

[helmsdale]

I did some reading, and no one is allowed in or out right now, so joining them isn't an option.

What about farm equipment? I've never been through Coutts, is it farmland on all sides? Could bona-fide farmers drive tractors etc across the fields and get right up to the parking lot? To bulk up the numbers and block any access to tow trucks if it goes that far? Bring in food, fuel and supplies.

you could... I wouldn't like the repercussions on that one however.

Perhaps if they claimed to be "irregular immigrants" it would tie up the RCMP with baggage handling and the such?

[mcfarms]

I did some reading, and no one is allowed in or out right now, so joining them isn't an option.

What about farm equipment? I've never been through Coutts, is it farmland on all sides? Could bona-fide farmers drive tractors etc across the fields and get right up to the parking lot? To bulk up the numbers and block any access to tow trucks if it goes that far? Bring in food, fuel and supplies.

I'd hope the owners of that surrounding land would be asked first and be OK with that thought otherwise you're no better than what you are fighting against.

[shtferbrains]

Front line RCMP hate Treadau.
He never supports them and basicly thinks most can be replaced by social workers.

[sumdumguy]

Hmmm, The Inconvenient Truth, the border blockade will make it a bit inconvenient, push-back for mandatory vaccination.

[burnt]

I did some reading, and no one is allowed in or out right now, so joining them isn't an option.

What about farm equipment? I've never been through Coutts, is it farmland on all sides? Could bona-fide farmers drive tractors etc across the fields and get right up to the parking lot? To bulk up the numbers and block any access to tow trucks if it goes that far? Bring in food, fuel and supplies.

If the property owners are okay with it, then not only would it be effective to roll farm machinery in, but the organizers should be making a phone call that would see about 200 more trucks in and blockading the road out a beyond the law enforcment.

If they object, then part of the negotiations would include letting them out a over the course of the day.

[chuckChuck]

So where are all the law and order types now that their fellow mal contents are illegally blocking a border and highways?

Truckers trying to do their jobs and the businesses they are working for are not happy about the blockade.

Do these protestors not have jobs or work?

The cops want to deescalate in order to prevent violence, otherwise they would start with arrests and towing the trucks.

[jensend]

So where are all the law and order types now that their fellow mal contents are illegally blocking a border and highways?

Truckers trying to do their jobs and the businesses they are working for are not happy about the blockade.

Do these protestors not have jobs or work?

The cops want to deescalate in order to prevent violence, otherwise they would start with arrests and towing the trucks.

They've reached the point of negative returns as far as public opinion goes. We'll see if there are enough functioning brain cells in the blockade to find a way out.