By Rosemary Godin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cape Breton Post A picture tells a thousand words. And photos posted by Eskasoni band member Christina Gillis following her call to police in New Brunswick for help with her daughter unleashed a vigorous letter-writing campaign in the wake of the acquittal on May 1 of a Woodstock, N.B., RCMP officer. The New Brunswick Prosecutor’s Office had 30 days after the court decision to appeal the acquittal of an RCMP officer who left an Eskasoni woman’s face battered and bruised. Justice Christa Bourque found Cpl. Andrew Whiteway of the RCMP’s Western Valley Region detachment in Woodstock, N. B. did not use excessive force during arrest when handing down her decision at the beginning of this month. Despite his own court testimony that he…
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