A 33-second video posted to Facebook showing a portion of the incident alleges that a man had entered the women’s changing room, police confirm.
Police are seeking witnesses to a disturbance at the Cowichan Aquatic Centre in North Cowichan on Saturday evening that sparked calls for a protest surrounding safety and privacy of single-sex spaces.
“I could identify as a lady with a beard. There’s nothing you could do about that,” the person could heard saying shortly before the camera was obscured by someone else.Sgt. Kris Clark of B.C. RCMP confirmed to the Times Colonist that the video, which is being widely shared on social media, is the same incident that’s under investigation by police.
Witnesses to the incident are encouraged to call North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment at 250-748-5522 to speak with investigators.
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