Canadian Police Got Sensitivity Training
Charles Johnson
Tue Jun 6, 2006 at 5:55 pm PDT • Views: 265
Before launching the anti-terror raids in Ontario, Canadian police were carefully instructed in Islamic traditions such as handling the Koran, the use of prayer mats, and blowing oneself up in the course of an arrest: Raid officers learned about Muslim traditions. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
Before the raids came the sensitivity training: Tactical-squad Mounties learned how to properly handle Korans prior to arresting 17 terrorism suspects on the weekend.
And that’s not all. The RCMP also made sure there were clean prayer mats on hand for their suspects when they were sent to jail cells.
Then, after everything wrapped up, authorities met with a number of Muslim leaders to impress upon them that officers were going after specific individuals, not the community as a whole. …
Optics was crucial. The RCMP had to entertain all kinds of potential scenarios, such as, what if a target tried to blow himself up during the course of an arrest?
Frank says: