Convoy Lawyers Want Police to Pay for Damages Claimed in Ottawa Residents’ Lawsuit

Published on February 9, 2024

As they defend against a class-action lawsuit brought forth by Ottawa residents, lawyers for the Freedom Convoy organizers are arguing that the Ottawa Police Services Board should be the ones to pay for potential damages, as protestors were merely following police direction when parking their vehicles in downtown Ottawa. “None of the defendants … had originally expected to park any vehicles on the streets of downtown Ottawa as part of the protest,” read documents filed in the Superior Court of Ontario by the lawyer for the defendants, which include organizers Chris Barber, Tamara Lich, and other participants. The documents, submitted by defence lawyer James Manson and obtained by The National Post, claim it had been expected that the Convoy vehicles would park in “staging areas” away from the downtown core selected by the Ottawa police, and that other forms of transportation would then bring the protestors from the staging areas to Parliament Hill....

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