Arrest leads to vandalism at Winnipeg police headquarters, officers say – Winnipeg | 24CA News
More info has come to gentle after the Winnipeg Police Service headquarters was vandalized earlier this week.
Officers mentioned a gaggle of protestors gathered outdoors the headquarters on Tuesday, and at about 11:30 p.m. chanted for the discharge of a 27-year-old beforehand charged. According to police, a number of people used pink paint to “write derogatory phrases and smeared red handprints on the front windows and inner vestibule.”
Police mentioned they had been capable of disperse the gang after about two hours.
This incident follows the arrest of a person who Winnipeg police mentioned was concerned within the Brad Road Landfill blockade. He was arrested on Tuesday in relation to 2 earlier incidents, which police detailed on Wednesday.
Officers allege the person confronted an onsite safety guard on April 6 on the landfill, uttered threats to “cause him harm” and made references to firearm entry. Police additionally declare the person on Sunday jumped on the hood of a safety guard’s truck, uttered threats to trigger hurt and refused to get off the hood. Police say rocks had been thrown on the truck, however the safety guard was not harmed.
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