100 Vancouver Police Sent to Protect Trudeau After Protest Surrounds Restaurant

100 Vancouver Police Sent to Protect Trudeau After Protest Surrounds Restaurant
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves a small business after stopping to meet the people inside, in Surrey, B.C., on Nov. 14, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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Vancouver police say 100 officers were sent to a restaurant where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was dining on Nov. 14, after it was surrounded by protesters chanting for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

Police say one man was arrested for assaulting an officer, and another for obstruction, while social media videos showed protesters waving Palestinian flags, shouting slogans, and jeering Mr. Trudeau outside the restaurant in Vancouver’s Chinatown.