CYNICAL USE OF CHARTER

Re: Guilty of shooting 2 officers, Dec. 18.

I am astounded at the audacity of Roberta Campbell calling for the
quashing of her client's conviction on the grounds he may have been
the victim of alleged excessive force. Her drug-dealing client is
fortunate that he did not suffer more serious injuries or even death
after initiating a gun battle which he alone could have prevented. It
is only through the restraint of the police officers at the scene that
her client did not suffer a more tragic outcome.

If anyone's activities "bring the justice system into disrepute," it
is that of the defence team and its cynical use of the Charter of
Rights and Freedoms in an to attempt to see a convicted felon go free.

Ihor Holowczynsky

Winnipeg