First, the sensical:
...(Fiona Wilson, president of the BC Association of Chiefs of Police) said she supports B.C. and Ottawa trying to add exceptions to decriminalization in areas like skate parks and playgrounds, so that police could ask people to move along and arrest them if they refuse to comply...
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...(Provincial NDP Government) Premier David Eby is attempting to create more exceptions, by banning open drug use in places like beaches, bus shelters and businesses. But that legislation is tied up in a court challenge...
Next, the nonsensical:
...“Prior to decriminalization, if someone was using drugs in a problematic circumstance, for example at a playground, or a bus shelter or a beach, community members were able to call 911, police were able to attend and address that circumstance,” she (Wilson) said...
...“In the wake of decriminalization, there are many of those locations where we have absolutely no authority to address that problematic drug use, because the person appears to be in possession of less than 2.5 grams and they are not in a place that is an exception to the exemption.”
It was a stark comment, and not one we hear B.C. police leaders often say out loud — perhaps out of fear of retribution from the provincial NDP government...
Why is the second contradictory passage, above, nonsensical in the extreme?
Because the second passage comes from exactly the same piece as the first one. Specifically, both were written by Rob Shaw and published by Glacier Media.
Imagine that!