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'An unfortunate waste of resources': Ontario woman facing criminal charge following water gun incident (toronto.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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Wendy Washik was at a neighbourhood barbecue on Sept. 1 when she joined a playful water gun fight with one of her neighbour’s children. As the 58-year-old educational assistant was chasing the child to the front of the home, she said she accidentally sprayed another neighbour with water.

Washik said the neighbour called police and officers arrived at the scene a short time later and charged her with assault with a weapon. She claims police spoke to the neighbour who made the call but asked no one else questions about the incident.

(Monte MacGregor, a Toronto-based criminal defense lawyer, said) “Am I surprised that the charge has been laid? No. But do I recognize that it's an unfortunate and almost meaningless waste of resources? Yes, because they didn't interview her, right?” he said.

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[–] drewaustin@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Complete and utter garbage. The police in Canada are truly a place where the corrupt and incompetent go to prosper. I live a hop skip and a jump from where this incident occurred.

Shit I've been through where charges weren't brought. A person in Barrie (while I was stopped there to charge the car) pulled a knife on me and said he cut me. A person in the town here via SMS said they would fuck me up. As a child, the father of the kid who stole my brother's backpack threw a rock the size of a golf ball at me and hit me in the leg (the cop who investigated I learned was a friend of the child abuser and played in the same hockey league with him).

Please tell me someone is organizing a protest of some sort at this OPP office. Maybe we can organize a water toy amnesty program at this office.

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The police in Ontario are universally an absolute joke. It's no better where I live. The cops would rather patrol the rich gated neighbourhoods looking to harass people who look out of place than deal with my city's severe drug problems and constant arson and theft.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The cops would rather patrol the rich gated neighbourhoods looking to harass people who look out of place than deal with my city’s severe drug problems and constant arson and theft.

I mean, that's what they exist for. The idea that they're here to protect the public in any way is just PR spin. They're just state funded security guards for the rich who occasionally do charity work for the rest of us when there's a chance they might get labelled a 'hero'.

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