Wanna Know Whassup With York Regional "Diversity" Cops Shutting Down Pam Geller? You Can Find a Big Clue in One of Chief Commissar Al-Shabarb Hall's "Human Rights" Hymnals

Mark Steyn has another go at Insp. Ricky Veerappan, a cop who spends his days at/with the York Regional Police's Orwellian-named "Diversity, Equity & Hugs All 'Round Bureau." As it turns out, Insp. Ricky is a Muslim, which may or may not have had something to do with his desire to strong arm a rabbi into disinviting anti-sharia activist Pamela Geller. I suppose we'll never know for sure since, as Steyn notes, the YRP, now in all-out damage control mode, issued this bit of squish by way of explanation:

Free speech is the right of every citizen and York Regional Police recognizes that. However, some of Ms. Geller’s previous comments clearly conflict with the values of our organization and our continuous work to enhance all relationships in our diverse community.

To which Steyn retorts:

it is not the job of a police force to enforce its “values”, but to uphold the law – without favor. If you want an ideological police force that enforces “values”, try Riyadh or Waziristan.

Actually, as far as Ontario's "Human Rights" Commission is concerned, enforcing "values" is exactly what police are supposed to do. In fact, it says so, right here, in a paper that's supposed to inform the way Ontario police think and behave:

This guide aims to encourage and support police services across Ontario in their work as it relates to upholding the Ontario Human Rights Code. The development of this guide is built on the experience gained in a three-year collaborative human rights organizational change project between the Ontario Human Rights Commission (the OHRC), the Toronto Police Service (TPS) and the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB). The principled human rights approach elaborated in the guide can help police services better serve the needs of Ontario’s increasingly diverse communities, and draw on the strengths of police services’ own internal diversity.

The guide integrates human rights and organizational change theory and best practice and provides a solid foundation from which to foster and sustain inclusive police services and prevent human rights violations before they happen. The guide details an ongoing, consciously planned for, change process that engages all aspects of organizational functioning, in a systematic effort to advance organizations and services towards enhanced inclusiveness and respect for the dignity, worth and rights of everyone. The guide showcases the value of adopting such a comprehensive human rights organizational change strategy and approach as a means of proactively responding to, and complying with, human rights obligations in all employment and service practices.

Does anyone doubt that that's exactly what Insp. Ricky was doing--"proactively responding" to the threat of someone who's not singing from the same mushy "human rights" songbook (i.e. Geller) daring to let one rip (so to speak) in an Ontario house of worship?

There's a huge problem with policing in Canada, and I suggest that its "human rights"/"diversity" focus has a great deal to do with it.