On the 10th anniversary of the shooting on Parliament Hill, a man who tried to push past security guards into the House of Commons was arrested and charged with trespassing.
The incident happened just before 11 a.m. ET on Wednesday at the south entrance of the West Block building, which is frequented by members of Congress and staff.
CTV News reporters saw a man identified as Brian Kidder carrying a black duffel bag and pushing past three Parliamentary Protection Service (PPS) officers.
PPS is an integrated security force tasked with protecting the spaces on Parliament Hill. The security force was created in response to a mass shooting 10 years ago.
After multiple requests to leave, CTV News reporters saw a police officer arrest a man on suspicion of trespassing and handcuff him.
“The man, who is in his 60s, was subsequently charged by Ottawa Police with failure to leave under the Ontario Trespass to Property Act,” an Ottawa police statement said.
“This individual attempted to enter a reserved entry point for cardholders to access Parliament Hill,” PPS said in an emailed statement to CTV News. There will also be entrances that can be accessed and other entrances for the public, it added.
PPS stressed that the public must go through the visitor welcome center located between the West Block and Central Block buildings.
A Facebook page for a person named Brian Kidder shows a livestream of the events leading up to the arrest. It depicts a man walking into the National Diet Building, calling it the “house of evil.”
The video shows a PPS officer stationed there asking if he had a pass as he climbed the stairs to enter the Capitol. The man says otherwise, but insists he has a special invitation.
When the man was told he couldn’t go in, he replied: “Why not? This is a public place.”
Videos online show Kidder attempting to have Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrested by citizens outside his Rideau Villa home and another Capitol building in recent years. Video shows police thwarting such attempts.
In another video in 2020, Kidder threatened National Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh with national arrest.
