Ottawa Police Service (OPS) interim Chief Steve Bell said on Monday that when he refers to violence during the Freedom Convoy protest it’s mostly violence that was “felt” by the community and not as defined per the Criminal Code.
Bell was testifying before the Public Order Emergency Commission, and throughout the day mentioned the protest was riddled with violence.
He said at one point that he had “extreme concerns for the safety of our members, for the safety of our community based on the volatility and escalation in violence.”
He said the community experienced “trauma and violence.”
These assertions were challenged by Brendan Miller, the lawyer representing the protesters, who raised previous testimony before the commission from Ontario Provincial Police intelligence chief Supt. Pat Morris….