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Usually when police see an offence taking place before their very eyes, they move in and take appropriate action.
But that certainly wasn’t the case in Sault Ste. Marie on Friday.
Despite warnings from police and public health earlier in the week about the heavy penalties that could be applied to those organizing and also those attending public gatherings, more than 100 people showed up at Bellevue Park for the “Stand for Freedom” rally protesting the restrictions imposed because of COVID-19.
Sault police officers were there but according to news reports, they only took pictures.
The idea, it seems, is to identify those involved by poring over the pictures and then issuing fines.