Trucker Convoy Files Lawsuit Against Washington for Blocking Access to City

A truck convoy bound for the Washington, DC, region, moving through Hagerstown, Md., on March 4, 2022. Enrico Trigoso/The Epoch Times

Members of The People’s Convoy trucker group that has protested against COVID-19 rules filed a lawsuit against officials in Washington, D.C., for what they said was a violation of their First Amendment rights.

Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), they wrote in the suit, erected blockades to prevent them from entering the city. Sixteen members and organizers of the convoy joined the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.