The videos, which were posted to Instagram on Thursday by user blackvancouver, include a detailed description of the events from the perspective of the person who recorded them. That account claims workers at the fast food restaurant confused the group of teenagers with a different group involved in an incident on Halloween. The workers called the police, who arrived and began questioning the teenagers. The post claims the group cooperated with police and that the handcuffed girl was assaulted by officers after she asked to go to the bathroom because police believed she had not given them all the information they had requested. An officer allegedly grabbed her “as soon as she raised her voice” at him, according to the post, which also alleges that police pushed her head into the drink machine and removed her shirt, exposing her breasts, while trying to arrest her. restrain. In the video, multiple people can be heard screaming, with at least one repeatedly insisting: “He didn’t do anything.” In a news release Thursday, North Vancouver RCMP provided a different version of events, saying they were called to the restaurant on Marine Drive for a report of “10-12 youths who were causing a disturbance by yelling and cursing at staff, making a mess and refusing to leave when he was asked.” “One of the youths had thrown a chair,” police added in their statement. Police allege the group, all between the ages of 13 and 15, were still inside the restaurant when they arrived. Officers asked them to leave, but some of the teenagers refused and “continued to curse and shout,” police said. “One of the youths repeatedly kicked a police officer and was arrested for assaulting a police officer, obstructing, disorderly conduct and causing a disturbance,” they added. The Mounties also claim that “some of the teenagers” stopped them by providing false names. “We are aware that a short segment showing the end of the incident has been widely circulated on social media,” said Sgt. Peter DeVries, in traffic. “We have obtained video surveillance of the entire incident and while our investigation continues, the Youth Support Unit is taking the next steps to work with young people and their families in partnership with the North Shore Restorative Justice Society.”
