Anonymous promised dirt on the Thunder Bay Police Service.
None was forthcoming when their self-imposed midnight Tuesday deadline arrived.
Perhaps they thought better of their plan of attack. Perhaps it was nothing but smoke and mirrors.
We may never know.
Police, we’re told, were pretty worried what the group of hacktivists might release.
Witrhin every organization are skeletons. On a similar note, within every ogranzation there are better ways of doing things.
Perhaps the Thunder Bay Police can learn from the way this went down.
Anonymous is upset at a perceieved lack of effort on the part of police in regards to an alleged Dec. 27 sexual assualt against a First Nations woman.
Police say providing an update could harm their case.
Both sides have points. Police in Thunder Bay have been known to keep incidents under wraps at times, and their relationships with the Aboriginal community is probably at an all-time low. They need to be more forthcoming with the public, not just on this case, but in all incidents where public safety is at risk.
But outside groups shouldn’t try to bully them through threats, possibly jeopardizing convictions in court in the process.
