Saskatoon school slammed for costume rules comparing police to Hitler

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St. Joseph’s High School has faced widespread criticism for posting a photo to social media comparing Hitler and Ted Bundy’s Halloween costumes to those depicting the police. (Submitted)

A public backlash on Friday forced a Saskatoon high school to remove a social media post that grouped police with Adolf Hitler and Ted Bundy.

A photo posted to the St. Joseph High School Instagram account was removed and an apology was issued by Catholic schools in greater Saskatoon after the photo described the “costumes to avoid.”

Students were advised to avoid wearing Halloween costumes “depicting perpetrators of violence” before citing the police, Hitler, Bundy and Christopher Columbus as examples.

“The concern I have heard comes directly from the police and the police association,” said Derrick Kunz, school division communications consultant.

“We will work with them to ensure that they are well aware of the absence of malicious intent for this oversight when posting this.”

Saskatoon Police refused an interview request from 650 CKOM, but issued an email statement saying, “We learned that a message was posted in error.”

“We have strong partnerships with the two school divisions in Saskatoon and look forward to developing them in the future,” the short release said.

Kunz said the posted photo was an oversight that was quickly deleted, but not before the damage was done.

“It’s the Internet; it’s going fast, ”he said. “When an oversight is made, you hit the delete button, but of course it’s still there.”

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