At the bridge, a person, who would not provide his name, grabbed a microphone and addressed the crowd.
Since Monday, drivers mostly in pickup trucks have bottled up the bridge connecting Windsor to Detroit.
The ruling came in a day of fast-moving developments as federal, provincial and local officials worked simultaneously on different fronts to try to break the standoff with the so-called Freedom Convoy, whose members have been cheered on by the right in the U.S., including Fox News personalities, Donald Trump and Texas Sen.
Ford said he will convene the provincial cabinet on Saturday to urgently enact measures that make it “crystal clear” it is illegal to block critical infrastructure.
Before the judge’s ruling came down, dozens of protesters in Windsor blocked the entrance to the bridge in what felt like a block party.
“We stand for freedom.
The protests have spread outside Canada as well.
The agency said the protests could begin in Southern California as early as this weekend and spread to Washington around the State of the Union address in March.