How The Ottawa Anti-Vax Trucker Occupation Collapsed

Police succeeded Saturday in taking back control of downtown Ottawa from the "Freedom Convoy" truckers, methodically forcing out the anti-mandate protesters who occupied the city for three weeks.

Police formed lines and pushed forward a few feet at a time starting in the morning, shoving back protesters and then towing the cars and trucks that clogged city streets. No one was killed or seriously injured, police said. Protesters tried desperately to “hold the line” and push police back, but sapped by defections and freezing cold temperatures, they were overwhelmed. Several protesters were pepper-sprayed and 170 were arrested as of Saturday afternoon.