CAUTION: This tale has a visuals summary of an assault.
A terrible assault on an adolescent lady that was captured on video clip by numerous individuals in Kelowna, B.C., has actually triggered her dad ahead onward, requiring solutions and justice.
Kelowna RCMP claim the assault occurred on Friday evening, which the video clip has actually been flowing “widely” online in the southerly Interior area, around 270 kilometres eastern of Vancouver in B.C.’s Okanagan.
RCMP claim the assault occurred in the location of Boyce-Gyro Beach Park and was among a number of occurrences of young people dedicating criminal offenses, consisting of attack and mischievousness, in the location.
In the video clip, a variety of teens are attended assault the lady, consisting of tossing dust on her. (Submitted)
CBC News has actually assessed the video clip. It entails a solitary lady being bordered by a variety of various other teens, much of whom are showing up to movie a spoken run-in.
The lady is tossed to the ground and typed the head by numerous individuals, after which she has dust or sand tossed on her.
As the lady pushes the ground, stagnating after the assault, a variety of others remain to toss dust at her and scream.
The dad of the 13-year-old sufferer — whom CBC News is not calling– stated his child endured a blast in the assault and is dealing with a lengthy roadway in advance when it concerns her psychological healing.
“I wish I didn’t watch that video. That was the most brutal beating that I can never unsee,” he informed CBCNews “[It] replays in my head from the minute I wake up to the minute I go to sleep.”
The lady’s dad claims the sufferer was enticed to the park by a close friend, that left soon prior to the assault started at around 8:30 p.m. PT on Friday.
“Look at that video and tell me where there’s any remorse. And then kids taping it, laughing and spitting on my daughter,” the lady’s dad stated. “They know nothing is going to happen to them.”
Call for repercussions
The sufferer’s dad is requesting the wrongdoers of the assault– which he called a “swarming”– to encounter the complete degree of the criminal justice system.
“You’re telling me that you’re going to have these kids take an eight-hour course on bullying, and they’ll be fine?” he asked.
“They need to be behind bars or on house arrest so that their parents can get sick of them instead of them beating up other kids.”
The sufferer of the assault had actually simply begun senior high school, according to her dad, with the family members having actually relocated to the southerly Interior just 3 years back.
For the dad, the terrible assault is a sign of a significant intimidation issue in Kelowna, something he claims is hurting the area’s online reputation.
“I’m getting messages from parents who have teens that this happened to recently … and they’ve moved their teens, and they’re still getting bullied by these kids,” he stated.
“Parents are having to move their kids away from Kelowna because they don’t feel safe, and nobody’s going to do anything about it.”
People stroll on Boyce-Gyro Beach Park onAug 12, 2023. (Winston Szeto/ CBC)
The dad is requesting Kelowna’s mayor to consult with him, claiming his child was worthy of to recognize what authorities were doing to make the city secure to walk in.
A declaration fromSgt Laura Pollock with Kelowna RCMP claims recording or publishing video clip online for the objective of embarrassing an additional individual is “unacceptable,” and video clip revealing proof of a criminal offense must not be distributed openly.
RCMP is asking any person with info regarding the attack, consisting of any kind of witnesses that have yet to speak to private investigators, ahead onward to cops.
CBC News has actually spoken to the mayor’s workplace for remark.
