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12 Students Were Kicked Out Of Cactus Club 'For Being Brown' & Police Say 'We Made A Mistake'

A video of it was posted on TikTok.

12 students were kicked out of a Cactus Club in B.C., and the restaurant admitted to making a mistake. A TokTik post of the incident said that they were kicked out, allegedly "for being brown."

The incident happened at Cactus Club in Coquitlam, B.C. on the evening of February 5, 2022.

The TikTok is of a clip of police at the restaurant, speaking with the customers who were forced to leave. So far the video has over 6465 likes, 642 comments and 1012 shares.

"12 University students were kicked out of Cactus Club in Coquitlam last night by the police without even checking their IDs just for being brown," the TikTok said.


@jasmeenab

Disgusting behaviour from cactus club to call the police on 12 young men just trying to enjoy a birthday dinner.

Coquitlam RCMP told Narcity in an email that they were "contacted to assist Cactus Club security with approximately twelve unwanted guests."

The police also mentioned that "the group was asked to leave by Cactus Club security due to an incident that allegedly occurred in a Langley Cactus Club."

After reviewing the situation though, Cactus Club found that they had made a mistake.

"It is clear we made a mistake. They should not have been asked to leave," the restaurant told Narcity in an email.

"Our security personnel believed that a few members of the party were connected to a serious incident that occurred at another one of our restaurants, and the RCMP were called," they added.

It is now clear though that these guests were not involved with this previous incident.

"We recognize how upsetting this experience was for the guests involved. We deeply regret what occurred and offer our unreserved apology,” the restaurant said.