Saskatoon police say teen spat on officer before violent cruise weekend arrest
CTV
The Saskatoon Police Service alleges its officers were assaulted on Saturday night during cruise weekend, but witnesses are telling a different story.
The Saskatoon Police Service alleges its officers were assaulted on Saturday night during cruise weekend, but witnesses are telling a different story.
“Last night during cruise night a few drivers took it too far,” the police air support unit posted on X on Sunday morning, alongside images of the crowd on McCool Avenue, just off 8th Street East.
“When [the police airplane] spotted the activity and we took enforcement action, our officers were swarmed and assaulted. Everyone is ok but it was touch and go for a bit.”
But some car enthusiasts who witnessed the arrest felt the level of force from police was a bit excessive.
Siren Burton watched the event unfold, which she said was triggered when a teen did a burn out in the parking lot.
Burton says police moved in to arrest him and it escalated quickly.
“He tried to push one of the cops off him cause the way he was holding him, and then another cop threw him to the ground and then they started beating him,” she told CTV News.
