Vancouver's Burrard Bridge climate protest ends with 10 arrests
Credit to Author: Stephanie Ip| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 15:23:52 +0000
A climate protest that shut down Vancouver’s Burrard Bridge on Monday ended overnight with 10 arrests.
As crowd numbers dwindled toward the end of the day, Vancouver police moved in and requested protesters leave the area.
“Between 10 and 11 p.m., on Monday evening, police were forced to arrest ten people for obstruction of justice after they refused to leave the bridge despite receiving several requests, and then warnings, from officers,” said Sgt. Aaron Roed in a statement issued around 12:19 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Roed said the protest on Monday remained peaceful and that there were no major incidents other than the overnight arrests.
The protest organized by the U.K.-based group Extinction Rebellion coincided with similar events across Canada, including in Victoria, and in other countries.
At its peak, about 200 people had gathered Monday afternoon on the bridge, forcing transit and road traffic to be diverted to Granville Street Bridge. Pedestrians and cyclists were permitted to pass by police and protesters.