Alberta RCMP investigating video of teens yelling racial slur at party

Mounties in Alberta say they are investigating a video posted on social media that shows teens in an east-central town counting down and screaming a racial slur during a New Year’s Day party.

RCMP spokesman Troy Savinkoff says an investigator has already spoken to many of the teens who attended the party in St. Paul on Saturday.

Savinkoff says two people complained about the event to officers and the investigator is deciding whether charges such as public incitement of hatred can be laid.

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The video posted on Instagram shows a male standing above a crowd of partygoers with drinks in their hands and telling them to scream a racial slur against Black people on the count of three.

The crowd screams the slur as the sound of laughter is heard from the person recording.

Glen Brodziak, superintendent of St. Paul Education, says he was disheartened to see the video and the matter is being reviewed.