Student protesters arrested at the University of B.C. were released from jail yesterday, vowing to fight criminal charges and demanding an inquest into what they called police brutality.
Fire crews and police were called to the campus on Friday night when protesters, opposed to the demolition of the grassy knoll outside the Student Union Building, started a bonfire.
The popular green spot is slated to become an underground bus loop.
RCMP Const. Annie Linteau said students prevented fire crews from putting out the fire, and when two protesters became “combative and resisted arrest” they were handcuffed and put in a police car.
The group then locked arms and encircled the vehicle.
Nineteen people were arrested and are facing charges of resisting arrest, assaulting a police officer and obstructing a police officer.
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