A lawyer representing a 78-year-old man arrested and ticketed by the Ottawa police for honking his horn in support of the truckers’ protest says the man has been “bruised, cut, and psychologically traumatized.” On Feb. 6, Gerry Charlebois drove to the area close to the truckers’ Freedom Convoy protests when he was pulled over by the police at Besserer Street and Friel Street, after he honked his horn. A video shared on Twitter shows that while Charlebois was retrieving his identification from the back of his vehicle, after he closed his wallet without retrieving any ID card, a police officer twisted his arm, bringing him down to his knees. David Anber, a criminal lawyer who is representing Charlebois, said this action by the police had cut and bruised his client in the process. “The conduct was egregious. It left him bruised, cut, traumatized psychologically as well from the experience,” Anber told The …
78-Year-Old Man Arrested for Honking in Support of Truckers’ Protest ‘Bruised’ and ‘Traumatized’: Lawyer
February 10, 2022
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