Editor:
How is it that the Delta police force is allowed to interfere with the prosecution of a fellow police officer for murder?
Are not our police supposed to uphold the law and respect legal processes?
Those who have been protesting should be fired forthwith, and prosecuted for interfering with a due process of law, and whoever authorized the sale of supportive bracelets should be further punished.
It might be different if these were relatives of a criminal proclaiming the innocence of their relative, but this is a protest by an agency, a member of which has been accused of murder as a result of an independent investigation. Are the police trying to say they are above the law? Are they trying to say the outcomes of independent investigations should be ignored if they don't like the results? Or are they simply saying they should be free to shoot anyone whom they choose, and not have
to deal with questions concerning their judgment? We have seen far too much of the "cowboy" mentality in policing in recent years, both here and in the U.S. It's time the police were reminded that deadly force is not something to be used on a whim, to save time or because the situation is inconvenient. I trust the independent investigation and the prosecutor's office: After this fiasco, I no longer trust the judgment of the police.
Don Halward
