Officers swarmed, assaulted by intoxicated youth as hundreds party in East St. Paul: Manitoba RCMP
CBC
WARNING: This article contains details of an attempted sexual assault and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it.
RCMP say their officers faced a barrage of abuse Saturday when they arrived at a party attended by hundreds of youth in East St. Paul, a community just outside of Winnipeg.
Mounties started getting calls around 10 p.m. about a large party, attended mostly by youth, at a home on Saddleridge Lane, a Monday news release said.
When officers arrived, around 70 intoxicated youth swarmed them, the release said. The party-goers also jumped on two RCMP vehicles, kicking in a windshield on one and damaging the roof and hood of another.
Videos of some party-goers jumping on top of a police vehicle were shared on social media.
It soon became clear there were far more youth at the party than the ones who initially swarmed police, RCMP said. Mounties estimate there were several hundred people at the party.
WATCH | Social media footage of intoxicated youth at party in East St. Paul:
Some officers responding to the incident who are people of colour were called racial slurs, RCMP said. Others were spit on, and police said some of the crowd launched fireworks at their vehicles.
Police said many of the party attendees were heavily intoxicated and "excessive drug use" was also apparent.
Officers from Selkirk, Oakbank and other RCMP units as well as the Winnipeg Police Service responded as backup. No police were injured, the release said.
Mounties also intervened in an attempted sexual assault when they saw an intoxicated female youth being dragged into an adjacent bush, where two male youths tried to sexually assault her, the release said.
The female youth was taken to hospital with serious injuries, while the two male youths took off when officers intervened, RCMP said.
Police said they're concerned there could have been more victims of crime that evening.
Mounties said the owner of the home used for the party wasn't in Manitoba and has been co-operating with police.
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