Hamilton police explain evidence gathering after air cadet leader assault

CBC's interview with Supt. Michael Spencer adds a police account of the confrontation and explains why injury details remain private.

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Why this story? One of CBC News's most watched videos since yesterday, with 108,992 views.

Air cadet leader suffering 'life-altering' injuries after alleged assault: police | Hanomansing Live

Detectives have retrieved video footage and interviewed witnesses after an air cadet leader suffered what Hamilton police describe as life-altering injuries during a poppy-selling outing.

In CBC News's Hanomansing Live interview, Supt. Michael Spencer gives the police account of how an air-horn disturbance became a violent confrontation. The interview adds investigative detail to earlier reporting about the arrests and assault charges.

According to Spencer, youths sounded an air horn near cadets offering poppies. Their supervising commanding officer followed them into a restaurant to confront them. Spencer says a woman intervened and assaulted the leader, knocking him down, before a youth struck him several times. A woman and a youth face assault charges, CBC reports.

Reporter Sarah Galashan outlines the incident before Ian Hanomansing questions Spencer about the evidence and the victim's condition. The report drew about 109,000 views since yesterday.

Spencer declines to describe the injuries in greater detail: "To respect the privacy of the victim, I'll leave it as life-altering. Due to them being life-altering, they are serious."

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CBC's report received about 109,000 views since yesterday, the most among the channel's new videos.

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4,780,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

3,378,275,978

views per day

1,612,750

typical day: 2,191,502

the video

views

112,838

likes

612

days online

1

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