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Tuesday, March 20 - 07:45:53 PM
Maria Weisgarber/Reshmi Nair
Vancouver (NEWS1130) - A Vancouver firefighter and his son have been charged with assaulting an officer and obstructing police following a weekend confrontation downtown. Parts of the incident were also caught on tape and posted to the popular video website YouTube.
Vancouver Police say 44-year-old Curtis Mason, and his 20-year-old son Grant Mason were each charged with one count of assaulting a police officer, and two counts of willful obstruction of police. Vancouver Fire Captain Rob Jones-Cook confirms a 13-year member of the department has been charged.
Police say the incident started when three officers were called to investigate a single car crash at Seymour and Robson. Constable Howard Chow says two occupants of the car were extremely confrontational with the officers. One man identified himself as an off-duty fireman. Chow says a major fight broke out between the three officers and two men, before they were finally subdued and arrested. The woman driver of the car received a 24-hour licence suspension for having alcohol in her system. Meanwhile, two police cruisers heading to the scene for back-up ended up crashing into each other a few blocks away.
The YouTube video clip (link below) shows police officers struggling on the ground with two men. Firefighters in full gear stand around them, and at one point, another officer runs over and appears to hit someone with a baton a couple of times. Chow confirms the YouTube video is of the Vancouver incident.
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