A North Vancouver man was arrested and three police officers were injured in an altercation at English Bay on Friday.
Vancouver police were called to a “large fight and possible assault involving 10 people” around 7 p.m. near the Cactus Club by the beach, according to Vancouver police Sgt. Steve Addison.
Responding police officers tried to disperse the crowd, but one of the aggressors allegedly refused to leave, according to police.
“He became hostile, began causing a disturbance, assaulted at least one of our officers, and resisted arrest,” Addison said.
Bystander video shows a crowd forming, filming and heckling the officers as they attempt to hold onto a struggling handcuffed man.
One of the officers pushes a member of the crowd back and both extend batons before a third officer arrives and takes the handcuffed man to the ground.
A member of the crowd can be seen running in and appears to try and grapple with officers before he is pulled away by someone else.
Multiple additional officers then arrive and push the crowd back as the man is arrested and taken away.
Addison said one of the officers was taken to hospital with a “significant injury,” and police are recommending multiple charges.
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