Alleged arrest of trucker protest leader Pat King captured on livestream

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Alleged arrest of trucker protest leader Pat King captured on livestream
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King's arrest would be the third among protest organizers, following the charges laid against Tamara Lich and Chris Barber a day earlier.

"I am being arrested by these officers right now," King told viewers on a Facebook livestream Friday afternoon."I am being arrested. We will talk to you guys soon."

King's arrest would be the third of the convoy's most vocal proponents. His fellow organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were arrested and charged on Thursday. King's arrest comes as Ottawa police cracked down on protesters, canceling the day's House of Commons sitting and closing in on Parliament Hill. Parliamentarians are hopeful they will resume debate over Prime Ministerthat the total number of arrests from Friday's police operations has not been announced as the investigation is still ongoing.

"I am being arrested by these officers right now," King said during a Facebook livestream. King broadcasts the crowd during a protest by truck drivers over pandemic health rules and the Trudeau government, outside the parliament of Canada in Ottawa on February 16, 2022., King is heard asking an officer, from inside his vehicle, what he is being arrested for.

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