Campbell River Teenagers Inciting Brawls With City’s Downtown Homeless

Police in Campbell River are investigating after reports of multiple teenagers, predominantly in pickups, seeking to incite members of the community’s homeless population into fights and violence in the City’s downtown core.

Police in Campbell River are investigating after reports of multiple teenagers, predominantly in pickups, seeking to incite members of the community’s homeless population into fights and violence in the City’s downtown core.

In a Facebook post on the weekend, police said they are not blind to the frustration that is being caused by the crime that accompanies homeless-addiction issues, but clearly this type of vigilante Justice is not an effective way to deal with the community’s social ills and simply adds to them.

Police say none of the youth involved was 19 - but many were intoxicated. Several of these youth were apprehended by police and the investigation is still ongoing.

Constable Maury Tyre says it's a sad situation. "A group of privileged youth taking on some of our towns least privileged and hoping to provoke a street war."

In recent weeks similar events have occurred where jacked up pickups have chased and egged the homeless and thrown rocks.

Tyre goes on to say that the property crimes that are committed due to addiction are an excessive problem but attacking the homeless only encourages them to arm themselves and makes the situation infinitely more dangerous as drug induced paranoia can lead many to believe that any citizen passing by is out to get them.

He added, "Quite frankly our community is better than this, and these young people should be ashamed of their actions."

If you any information related to these young people and their actions, please contact police at 250-286- 6221.