Quote Originally Posted by Divinus Arma View Post
So a drug trafficker kills a cop and gets away with it and you all celebrate? Jesus Christ.
Not at all. I'm celebrating the rule of law and the protections afforded us by our Constitution being respected even in the most egregious circumstances.

Nobody wanted that cop to get shot. But nobody wanted the guy to do 25 years in jail because the cops screwed the pooch either. If they have a case against him for dealing drugs, fine. But that case must follow the rule of law and in this case it did not.

Also, you have to understand that Quebec has a history of innocent people being killed by the police and the police walking free afterwards. Hell, some cops got promotions after killing innocent people. The public's empathy for the accused is a direct result of that. This rulling shows that civil rights are starting to take precedence over police powers and their associated "we do what we want and you pay for it" attitude.