r/Kamloops • u/Ecstatic_Scarcity_99 • 9d ago

Question Sword?!

Is there a dedicated spot to post videos of sketchy behaviour? It would be a good resource for law enforcement should they be looking for some sort of specific sketchy behavior.

I mean... that's a HUGE sword.. and it's not the only video that I have like this.

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u/creampie_loverUblew 9d ago

I suspect the police won’t do anything unless they witness the guy using the sword as a weapon.

Until a crime is committed, it’s this guys way from deterring other street crawlers from robbing him. Take away his sword, he’ll be defenceless and the police won’t act to protect him either.

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u/Inevitable_Librarian 9d ago

Swords are legal to carry in public so long as it's for basically any reason other than self defense (and the police aren't already onto you).

There was a guy who used to dress weird and carry a sword everywhere when I was growing up in the loops.

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u/creampie_loverUblew 9d ago

I know the street population carry a lot of weapons for personal safety, including improvised knives. 🔪

Thanks for correcting me about what is the law. Will be interesting if RCMP doing something about this situation

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u/Ecstatic_Scarcity_99 6d ago

Well.... the cops were looking for info since someone was attacked with a sword downtown 2 days before I caught this on camera... so we'll see.

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u/Inevitable_Librarian 9d ago

Yeah you gotta be either carrying something restricted or have put yourself in the cops radar to catch a weapons charge. Drugs and weapons are usually "we can't charge you with the fuckery you're actually doing, so we'll get you into prison for what we can get you on."

A LOT of laws are like that

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u/creampie_loverUblew 9d ago

Unfortunately, not a lot will change with our street community, they need to want to make a change themselves…. and agencies like ASK, CMHA, etc., just warehouse people and their toxic drug & harm reduction programs (Powered by TELUS, van) are ineffective.

You don’t need complicated programs for uncomplicated toxic drug users looking for their next high (fix), as the service providers are profiting off of Govt.