Ontario premier urges parents to discipline boys after cadet commander assault
Ontario Premier Doug Ford urged parents to give their sons a “little ass whooping” on 10 November, after two boys were linked to the assault of Royal Canadian Air Cadets commander Kenneth Kunkel in Hamilton, Ontario. Police said a 12-year-old boy and a 48-year-old woman were arrested after they attacked the 59-year-old commander while he supervised cadets selling Remembrance Day poppies at a Hamilton mall.
The commander, Captain Kenneth Kunkel, suffered severe injuries, including spinal damage that required same-day surgery and left him unable to walk, hospital officials reported. CityNews reported that the youths had blown an air horn at the cadets before the confrontation.
Actors
Royal Canadian Air Cadets
Hamilton Police
59-year-old commanding officer (unnamed)
12-year-old boy
48-year-old woman
Veronica Formosa (witness)
Locations
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
The Centre on Barton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Mandarin restaurant, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Boston Pizza, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
