Surrey mayor Brenda Locke was slammed after she issued a message following the current firing at Indian movie star Kapil Sharma’s lately opened cafe in her space, for which Harjit Singh Laddi, an operative of the banned Babbar Khalsa Worldwide, claimed accountability. The message cracked down on social media platforms for circulating the video of the incident. “A current capturing at an area enterprise was overtly filmed and posted on-line by a person claiming accountability. This act was meant not solely to hurt its direct sufferer however to terrorize our complete neighborhood,” the mayor mentioned. “It’s insupportable that authentic information content material is blocked on some social media platforms whereas movies glorifying violent crime flow into freely.”“That’s why I’m calling on Meta, X, TikTok, and different social platforms to cease permitting violent criminals to weaponize your networks towards the folks of Surrey.”“I felt the neighborhood’s concern first-hand final night time whereas visiting Kap’s Cafe and close by companies and talking with staff and prospects who now fear about their security.”“We is not going to let criminals dictate how we reside or work. I’m assured that, collectively, we’ll preserve Surrey secure, resilient, and unafraid,” the message mentioned. The submit on social media got here below intense criticism as customers informed her to sort out the gangster difficulty and never blame X for failing to take care of legislation and order. “Bizarre take!! Concentrate on the crime, not the movies. The injury is finished,” one wrote. “Mirror, mirror on the wall. Is not she the dumbest of em all? WTF is your thought course of that makes you not simply suppose on these strains, however really submit it on-line? The outrage must be concerning the terrorist act in your watch, however you might be nervous that folks acquired to learn about it,” one other wrote. “So… No phrases towards Khalistani terrorists, however you are blaming social media for exposing it? Little question, Surrey would be the epicenter of terrorism in Canada,” a 3rd consumer wrote.
