here the truckers protest that continues
in canada let's get a little bit more
updates and we also have fox 2's uh
charlie lankford with the very latest
right now and you're in the midst of the
protesters as we speak
you're right like i am in the midst of
the protesters here in windsor you can
see over my shoulder here this is the
entrance to the ambassador bridge which
in the united states this is the largest
crossing for commerce in the in north
america detroit and windsor so i'm on
the windsor side
so so all the people here not all the
people but these are the uh they're
truckers and not just truckers though
there's construction workers there's
bartenders there's supporters like this
guy who's been here and i'll tell you
what this is about the third day or so
that you've been here oh yes this is the
fourth day tell me explain to me
why you guys are some would argue
clogging up the biggest commerce bridge
in north america well today this is the
fourth day we're at the ambassador
bridge and we're only clogging the
ambassador bridge we want nothing to do
with the tunnel okay we're not here to
stop americans from going back into
america we're here to send a message and
that message is freedom we feel like
we're being regulated too much we don't
have freedom we have an ultimatum it's
you either do this or do that and you
lose your job we don't want that we want
our rights back but what do you say to
the people that may be watching right
now that are saying you know what um
factories in detroit are closing uh
general motors are they're cutting ships
what do you say to those people that
arguably you're hurting well i mean
we've been hurting for two and a half
years it's the fourth day
what's four days to two and a half years
please tell me
we're also hearing that the minis that
the mayor here in windsor is trying to
get an injunction to have the police the
canadian equivalent of the national
guard to come here and move these trucks
out of the way to clear a path through
the ambassador bridge what do you say if
that happens well i'll tell you what
from my experience here from four days
being here
i know that we're gonna stand tall we're
gonna stay here and we're not going
anywhere until the mandates are lifted
what's so bad about a vaccine mandate
some people would say it saves lives
well it's not that it's it's the you
wanna i wanna have a freedom of choice
i wanna do this with my body i don't
wanna do that with my body the
government can't tell me to put
something into my body
i would have i have human rights i was
born with human rights and i'd like
those rights back
what's the end game i kind of asked that
before but when will this be over well
as soon as i lift up the mandates there
will be no more obstruction in uh of the
border and we're good to go we're gonna
lift once you lift all mandates relief
i should say that a lot of people that
i've talked to i appreciate that by the
way a lot of people are truckers so they
sleep in their truck they do bring their
kids
you can see here matt if you can get a
little copy over here um that was people
have been uh playing um there are kids
here families here
it looks like uh we might be losing
charlie's shot there probably get this
thing
real
we got you charlie okay here we go here
we go
okay okay so tell me again why are you
here with a detroit shirt detroit
running that's good but why are you here
why is this important well it's
important to me because my sister was
fired with cause from the hospital my
father's a trucker who's no longer
allowed to cross the border my mother
works for the school board and she had
to force retirement so my whole family
is not working right now it's very
upsetting to me is that because of the
the mandates of the canadian government
yes they didn't want to get vaccinated
so they were forced to uh leave their
positions do you think that this would
spill over we heard other people say
that it may not go to the tunnel there's
a tunnel that does cross between uh
detroit and windsor just blockages for
commercial trucks if you are a nurse and
you need to go to detroit and back you
can take the tunnel you're fine
yeah before protests and we're not
trying to disrupt anything
other than getting our freedoms back
it's been very peaceful i have to say
objectively i mean everyone's been
extremely peaceful and honestly the
there's been a perimeter set around
thank you by the way there's been a
perimeter set we're this is the entrance
to the to the ambassador bridge and i
would say the perimeter is maybe a half
mile or so uh and the police have been
here uh they've been here for the last
couple of days but there's been just no
incidents at all if i can let me take
you
into
uh where the uh some of the truckers
are here
okay
if we can go in oh this is nice in here
people have set up tents
they have food they've got let's get
these guys over here all right so you
guys you're pretty young
yeah how you guys doing good how are you
we're live television right now so don't
say anything bad but just tell me what
is the end game here what do you want to
see and where if there's an american
audience here at fox news yeah
what should an american know about
why you guys from gallaudet yeah are are
here
we're here to end the mandates it's it's
not about
the vaccines it's not if you want to get
vaccinated go go for it it shouldn't be
forced
for us to do anything we just we want
our freedom but we want it to end we
want
life to go back to normal we
that's it
it's as simple as that is it that
difficult again there's a pandemic are
we over the pandemic it 100 percent it's
we know we didn't understand what it was
in the beginning so yeah we we were
cautious but we understand what's
happening now and they just keep going
back and forth and two weeks to flatten
the curve and here we are almost two
years into this we're hearing that there
could be some police if there's an
injunction signed by the a court here in
windsor
what would that do if the police come
and say you guys gotta move all your
trucks clear the bridge what would
happen
uh well i'm gonna stay right here
they're if they say that the only way
i'm moving is if they come and get me
you'd be willing to go to jail yep
if we don't stop this when will it ever
end when will it ever end
that we're just sick and tired of it we
need it we need a change and they're not
even willing to come and talk to us
we're we're being peaceful no one's
doing nothing here we want someone with
authority to come and speak to us that's
it and just say hey look this is what
we're willing to do and they're not
doing that so pretty much everybody kind
of says that shares this what you're
what he's talking about is that right
you guys yeah
i appreciate it thanks so much i
appreciate that all right i mean listen
there are so many things here uh one
more come on let's just go right here
we've got some time
i don't know how much time we have
but
listen
these guys look at the we're live
television okay you guys doing all right
today
look at this
tim horton very popular here in windsor
they're pretty good actually but they've
got a lot of food you can see that
they're uh taking care of their uh of
the protesters and the supporters a lot
of the truckers actually can sleep in
their rigs so they plan on being here
for a while uh we will too
uh but uh this is it i mean this is
right here you don't get this you don't
get this close to the protesters very
often but this is it but as you can see
they're very peaceful they have a point
to be made and they're making it again a
very peaceful way and the police here in
windsor have been fantastic with us and
with the protesters
as well there we go charlie langton
thank you so much for breaking it all
down for us there and uh getting us up
close and personal with the protesters
we appreciate it
you got it you guys uh like i say uh
it's gonna go on i don't think there's
any end
in sight and it there could be some more
news developing later on and we'll be
here all right thanks so much charlie we
always appreciate it and uh