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“While we are hopeful this situation can be resolved in the near term, we need to plan for a protracted protest and have requested additional personnel to be deployed to Windsor to support our hard working local police service,” Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens said at a press conference today.Windsor Chief of Police Pam Mizuno and Deputy Chief Frank Providenti walk beside the protest blocking the route leading from the Ambassador Bridge on Wednesday.
Dilkens said his office has received many complaints from local residents and business owners calling for the forced removal of the demonstrators, reports Canadian Press. HonkHonk Hodl has raised the equivalent of over $500,000, and a campaign underway to more than double that because of one very important advantage: donations go directly to the organizer’s Bitcoin wallet, which means they can’t be stopped, reversed or seized.The Ambassador Bridge shutdown is a disaster for importers trying to get fresh fruit and vegetables into Canada, according to the head of a Toronto-based transport company that focuses on perishables.
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