Queensland Police Service has provided a written response regarding the Mount Sheridan incident in which three men were filmed standing over a young Indigenous girl on Monday night.
"Police are investigating a wilful damage and assault in Mount Sheridan on 22 September," they told National Indigenous Times.
"Around 8.45pm, a group of offenders threw rocks at a Barnard Drive property, smashing a window before fleeing on foot.
"Around 9.10pm, police were called to reports of a disturbance on Foster Road. Upon arrival, police located several teenagers and adults involved in an altercation.
"A 14-year-old girl was initially detained at the scene."
The QPS spokesperson said "police identified the girl had sustained minor injuries from the disturbance and she was transported to Cairns Hospital".
"Investigations are ongoing into the wilful damage of the window and separately any assault that occurred during the disturbance," they said.
The statement does not address allegations the girl was assaulted by three adult men before being detained by police.
A witness told National Indigenous Times they saw the men striking the girl with a stick and kicking her in the head before police arrived.
Social media posts linked to one of the men appeared to mock the incident.
A message he made circulating online read: "ahaha you get what u deserve wanna be little hood rats rock a bedroom window that's what you get."
Erub, Saibai and Yidinji content creator, Sari Thaiday, criticised the attack and the online boasting in a widely shared video on Facebook.
"There is actually no questioning that it's... not f*cking okay," Ms Thaiday said.
"Three grown men on a woman. On what fcking planet? That's f*cking aggravating."
The employer of one of the men responded to a community inquiry by saying: "Yes he does work for me, he is my apprentice and a good one at that. However what he does in his personal life/time I have no control over. I do not condone this sort of behaviour."
The employer also suggested people on social media should "get the whole story before posting anything at all."
National Indigenous Times has asked Queensland Police Service to confirm the status, in terms of the investigation, of the men seen in the footage and has requested an official statement from the identified man's employer.
