Canadian police arrested more than 100 “Freedom Convoy” demonstrators Friday in a bid to quash the three-week blockade in the capital over COVID-19 restrictions.Hundreds of officers, some in riot gear and carrying automatic weapons, descended on the clogged streets at the heart of Ottawa in a huge show of force early Friday.Scuffles broke out as the protesters mostly remained defiant even as lines of heavily armed officers — including some on horseback — slowly pressed them back, pushing some out of the way and arresting others.
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