Ottawa Police Use CHEMICAL IRRITANT On Freedom Protesters

Ottawa police used smoke canisters and a "chemical irritant" to push protesters back as officers closed in on the main site in downtown Ottawa where demonstrators have been encamped for the past four weeks.

Earlier Saturday, police continued to issue warnings to protesters to clear the area and said officers would be using "helmets and batons" as a response to "assaultive and aggressive" protesters.

"We told you to leave. We gave you time to leave," the Ottawa Police Service tweeted Saturday morning. "We were slow and methodical, yet you were assaultive and aggressive with officers and the horses.

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