University of Waterloo students: *celebrate St Patrick's Day with a street party, again*

[adub@beige.party]

University of Waterloo students: *celebrate St Patrick's Day with a street party, again*

Waterloo cops: *send a sniper*

Waterloo mayor 'shocked' police sniper was deployed to St. Patrick's Day street party | CBC News

Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe says she was "surprised and shocked" to learn that a Waterloo Regional Police Service sniper was deployed as part of law enforcement's efforts to manage an unsanctioned street party during St. Patrick's Day weekend in the city's university district.

CBC (www.cbc.ca)

[nmba@mstdn.ca]

@adub
When I was a kid the British Bobbies didn't carry guns, and now the Canadian police have a sniper aiming at our children having fun with green beer. A profound and dastardly change.

[adub@beige.party]

@NMBA same with NZ cops where i grew up - no guns. but they keep pushing to be armed in more and more situations. eg they used the Islamophobic massacre seven years ago in Christchurch to push harder on that

[nmba@mstdn.ca]

@adub
Funny how the police needed to be militarized as the crime rate was going down.