Fredericton City Police Beating a Dead Horse With the Arrest Of Charles Leblanc

By André Faust

Reblogged from the Left Eye

Five years has passed since the Crown withdrew the charge of defamatory libel after the Fredericton City Police were heavily criticized by the legal academic community and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

Following the withdrawal of the charge. the City of Fredericton Commissioned Bernard Richards  to assess the situation with the  Fredericton city police.  The result of his findings was that he made seven recommendations.   these were only recommendations and  the police were not bound to implement those recommendations.

The Fredericton Police Force by voluntarily accepting those recommendations appeared to be a progressive force and that they were opened to improving the quality of the policing in the city of Fredericton

However, when they charged Charles with assault, which stemmed from  a minor disagreement with Busker Andrew Spencer,, they took this incident as an opportunity to try to have Charles Convicted.  That endeavour failed when the Judge exonerated Charles by finding Charles not guilty of assault.
Once again they are trying to have Charles prosecuted on a charge of defamatory Libel which was resolved five years ago.

Isn't it about time that Fredericton City Police stops beating a dead horse and go back to do the things that they do best; to serve and to protect.

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