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‘I was terrified’: Coutts protester says he fled after arrival of RCMP and helicopter
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A protester at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., described in court Tuesday a police presence so overwhelming and intimidating that he decided to go home early.
“I observed the helicopter (and) drones. It looked like a scene out of a movie … a full military program coming at me. On foot, there was probably 30 or 40 RCMP in full riot gear,” Daryl Yorgason testified.
“We just decided it was time to go, because we didn’t want to get ambushed at night when we were sleeping.
“I was terrified for my dad, my sister … everybody, my own well-being. It was just absolute chaos.”