Pubdate: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 Source: Maple Ridge Times (CN BC) Copyright: 2012 Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc Contact: http://www.mrtimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1372 Author: James Mark Beckett INEQUITY IN CRIMINAL RECORDS Dear Editor, Regarding the Maple Ridge police officer who doesn't want a criminal record [Mountie used excessive force, April 3, TIMES] well, gee whiz, I didn't want a criminal record either - 30 years ago, in the Maple Ridge courthouse, for possession of two marijuana joints, and I have a criminal record that to this day that keeps me banned from the U.S.A. No more visiting cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends there, thanks to the compassion of the court in Maple Ridge. The officer should be a man. What he did was a lot worse than what I did- I actually didn't do anything. James Mark Beckett, Maple Ridge