Prognosis
Police Sweep Through Ottawa in Show of Force Against Protest
- City center locked down; 100+ arrested, 21 vehicles towed
- Federal parliament closed in anticipation of enforcement move
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Police in Ottawa arrested more than 100 people and towed away vehicles as they worked to clear the streets and end a protest that has paralyzed Canada’s capital city for three weeks.
Lines of officers worked their way through streets near the country’s parliament in frigid weather, corralling demonstrators, trying to persuade them to leave and arresting some who refused. Police have set up a system of about 100 checkpoints to control entry into a large section of downtown to prevent sympathizers from joining the protest.