Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich claimed she was never told by Ottawa police that the truckers had to leave the city after the implementation of the Emergencies Act, to which Ottawa Police Service lawyer David Migicovsky said she had a "selective memory."."My understanding was that as long as we were peaceful and complied with the order, we were permitted to stay," Lich said on Friday during the Public Order Emergency Commission..During the commission, Migicovsky showed Lich a police log saying that a police liaison team (PLT) told demonstrators met with convoy organizers on Feb. 16 and told them they needed to leave.."PLT advised them to depart and message this out to others. All understood messaging," the log said..Lich responded she was never told the protestors had to leave. Migicovsky responded, "so that's fabricated?"."I remember when they came in and we had the discussion, I became very upset," Lich said. "I believe I said something to the effect of 'I cannot believe that you're about to do this to your own people.' We were there protesting peacefully. The rest of that interaction, I was upset and I was crying."."And they told you to depart, and they told you to message that to others," Migicovsky said.."I don't recall them telling me to message that to others," Lich responded.."It seems to me your memory is selective," Migicovsky said. "When I take you to something that implicates you, you have no memory.".Freedom Convoy lawyer Brendan Miller called Migicovsky's assertion "inflammatory," and said it wasn't a proper question..Lich also told the commission she was not aware of any claims that crowds would sometimes swarm police and bylaw officers. She also didn't know of death threats that had been levied against politicians. "I have also received death threats," she said. .Lich also testified she couldn't hear the truck horns from her downtown hotel room. "I didn't really notice it, the horns honking. And I was right downtown," she said.
Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich claimed she was never told by Ottawa police that the truckers had to leave the city after the implementation of the Emergencies Act, to which Ottawa Police Service lawyer David Migicovsky said she had a "selective memory."."My understanding was that as long as we were peaceful and complied with the order, we were permitted to stay," Lich said on Friday during the Public Order Emergency Commission..During the commission, Migicovsky showed Lich a police log saying that a police liaison team (PLT) told demonstrators met with convoy organizers on Feb. 16 and told them they needed to leave.."PLT advised them to depart and message this out to others. All understood messaging," the log said..Lich responded she was never told the protestors had to leave. Migicovsky responded, "so that's fabricated?"."I remember when they came in and we had the discussion, I became very upset," Lich said. "I believe I said something to the effect of 'I cannot believe that you're about to do this to your own people.' We were there protesting peacefully. The rest of that interaction, I was upset and I was crying."."And they told you to depart, and they told you to message that to others," Migicovsky said.."I don't recall them telling me to message that to others," Lich responded.."It seems to me your memory is selective," Migicovsky said. "When I take you to something that implicates you, you have no memory.".Freedom Convoy lawyer Brendan Miller called Migicovsky's assertion "inflammatory," and said it wasn't a proper question..Lich also told the commission she was not aware of any claims that crowds would sometimes swarm police and bylaw officers. She also didn't know of death threats that had been levied against politicians. "I have also received death threats," she said. .Lich also testified she couldn't hear the truck horns from her downtown hotel room. "I didn't really notice it, the horns honking. And I was right downtown," she said.
