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B.C. cop struck with baton at unruly Halloween party of 300 youths [Video]

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Overwhelmed RCMP officers had their hands full responding to one particularly unruly Halloween gathering in B.C.’s Lower Mainland on Thursday – with an estimated 300 young people involved in the ruckus.

Mounties responded to 56 calls in the community of Mission that night, but some of the wildest came from a large gathering in the area of Albert McMahon Elementary School.

“Police received reports of various offences, including youth assaulting another youth, rocks being thrown at a car, fireworks being shot at cars, and fireworks being set off in the direction of buildings,” Mission RCMP said in a news release Friday.

While trying to break up the party, one officer was allegedly struck in the face and hand with a baton.

After another officer placed one of the youths into a cruiser, a group of partiers surrounded the vehicle, tried to open the doors, and “began kicking and spitting on …

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