By Grayson Quay The Week

Canadian police took aggressive action over the weekend to break up the Freedom Convoy protests that have occupied downtown Ottawa for three weeks, USA Today reported.

Police arrested 191 people and towed 57 vehicles on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, according to Ottawa Police.

Officers used batons and “chemical irritant” against protesters, who they described as “aggressive and assaultive” and accused of using children to shield themselves from police, CNN reported. Videos appear to show some demonstrators being trampled by police horses.

Police said one protester threw a bicycle at a police horse. Another was arrested after allegedly launching a gas canister.