Video circulating on social media shows several security guards at a Surrey, B.C., mall physically pinning a teenage girl to the ground as she cries out in distress.
“She’s a young girl,” a bystander yells as the first two security guards each hold one of the girl’s arms outside an entrance to Guildford Town Centre.
Through sobs, the girl tells the person recording the video that she’s only 16 years old.
A separate video begins moments later and shows several more security guards attempting to restrain the girl.
“This is an Indigenous girl and you’re putting your hands on her? Manhandling her?” the woman recording the incident yells at the guards.
According to the teen’s family, a security guard initially accused her of shoplifting and asked to search her.
They say the girl consented and no stolen merchandise was found.
Her father, who CTV News is only identifying by his …