CALGARY - A crowd of roughly 400 noisy protestors gathered outside the Telus Convention Centre in downtown Calgary on Tuesday to demonstrate against a noon address by former U.S. president George W. Bush.
Blowing whistles and chanting "war criminal," demonstrators carried signs and shouted "shame on you" at people attending the event at a cost of $400 each.
At the protest pinnacle, four people were arrested. One man tried to enter the convention centre and was turned back by police. After a second person was arrested, two more protesters were taken into custody. One kicked the side of a police van.
Another was taken to the ground in the middle of Centre Street as a crowd gathered around shouting for police to let him go.
Police viewed the protest as largely peaceful and say they didn't push demonstrators out from in front of the convention centre door as they worried that would cause more chaos.
Duty inspector Rob Williams also said they didn't contemplate closing down that part of the Stephen Avenue to only those with tickets to Bush's speech.
Protester Orest Slepokura from Strathmore had a sign comparing disgraced U.S. financier Bernie Madoff to George W. Bush.
"Of the two, I would say that Bernie Madoff comes off almost saintly by comparison."
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