RULING AGAINST MOUNTIE'S SEARCH SHOWS SYSTEM FAILING US AGAIN

Const. Ken Winters, a Golden RCMP officer with 30 years experience,
has been told by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Thomas Melnick that he
acted in bad faith in searching the trunk of a car in which he found
crack, powdered cocaine and a loaded, unregistered handgun.

Justice Melnick dismissed the evidence, stating he should have had a
search warrant.

Well, Justice Melnick, this "bad-faith" officer is probably a
"no-faith" officer now -- no faith in a system that's gone overboard
with lunacy and we're all drowning in it. Believe me, sir, you have
done society no favours in your interpretation of the law. The drugs
are bringing untold suffering to users and the unborn users.

The gun -- well, we all know the misery it can unleash.

You, sir, represent a system that is failing us, over and over again.
We, the public have lost "faith." If the search was illegal, were the
drugs and weapon given back to the occupants of the vehicle?

And if not, why not?

Jim Cockburn,

Vancouver