Police arrested several students at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver late Friday night after a protest quickly escalated into an intense confrontation.
A large crowd of UBC students had gathered outside the Student Union Building to demonstrate against the redevelopment of a grassy knoll at the location. A bonfire was lit as the protest neared its end, drawing police to the scene.
When police arrived, they tried to put out the fire, said Bahram Norouzi, one of the protest organizers.
A student stood in front of the hose, blocking the police's action, and was then taken away, Norouzi told CBC News.
Other students became angry and thought it was an unfair arrest, he said, so they proceeded to march around the police cruiser in which the student had been detained.
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