Canada

We don't violate your civil liberties, that's what we pay these guys to do!

@NightOwl the previous d. Superintendant for New Brunswick have brought this up. the RCMP should never be a personal goon squad for a government, church, or industry. … yet they whine go full defcon crybaby when they get defunded.

And dont fall for the apologies. the minister for public safety is not sorry for the harm they inflicted. they are sorry they got caught.

the woke Elders of THE CABAL OF ARGUS
We will see

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Red chot milli peppers

One time, many moons ago, when I was a young a naive student: I dared to counter protest a student union led protest that I disagreed with. I was polite, non-distuptive, and some distance away from the group.

I got reported to campus security for irrational behaviour by someone, which then caused them to go digging. I had been writing editorials for the campus newspaper and they were in the newspaper offices trying to dig up dirt (my editor let me know).

I have no idea whether there is such as thing as due process and such when dealing with campus security (they aren't really police), but at the time I felt violated. I was expressing a political opinion in the most democratic way I could, and someone gunned for me in response. I don't blame security for doing their job, I blame whomever maliciously contrived a report to make them act.

That said, this story is clearly written slanted towards the ACAB angle. I think more digging is required by the journalist here. What was the actual perceived threat.

(And yes, ecoterrorism is a thing, so perhaps there were concerns, real or imagined.)