This is where the reports of eyewitnesses comes in very handy. From the articles cited, the women were perfect angels doing nothing wrong until the Big Bad Cops came and arrested them and the only quote from the Police was a very bland "It was a safety issue" which could cover anything from blocking traffic to 'being the wrong kind of person in the vicinity of a cop'.

I'm glad that the Ottawa police are getting the message about trans people however, I'm still very much in the Trust but Verify mindset. Cops have too much power and far too often they use it to enforce their bigotries instead of the law.