Charlottetown police apologize after tweeting Pride photo showing officer wearing Thin Blue Line patch
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Charlottetown Police Providers is apologizing after posting a photograph to the pressure’s Twitter account exhibiting a metropolis police officer carrying a Skinny Blue Line badge.
Police apologized for the picture that was tweeted on July 20, saying the photograph was supposed to point out help for Pleasure Week celebrations.
Some police put on the Skinny Blue Line patch — which exhibits a colourless Canadian flag crossed by a blue line — as a logo of solidarity amongst officers. Nonetheless, it has been criticized for its racist origins and getting used as a logo of white supremacy, significantly because the Black Lives Matter motion in 2020.
On Wednesday, July 20, a photograph was posted to the Charlottetown Police Providers Twitter account exhibiting an officer carrying a skinny blue line badge. This photograph was supposed to point out CPS’s help for the Pleasure Week celebrations occurring this week. 1/4
— Charlottetown Police (@ChtownPolice) July 21, 2022
These criticisms led the RCMP to instruct its members in 2020 to now not put on the patch on their uniforms or whereas on obligation.
In a late afternoon put up July 21, Charlottetown police mentioned the photograph has been eliminated, and it’s taking motion to strengthen the uniform coverage to be extra inclusive.
“Whereas the officer in query had no unwell intent in carrying this badge and was carrying it in an effort to help officers who’ve been injured or killed within the line of obligation, it’s clear that the historical past and controversy surrounding this image, particularly its racist and extremist origins, is just not according to the protecting and community-based companies CPS goals to offer all residents,” the tweet mentioned.
