One for the good guys

"Peter Lindsay, lawyer for the three men, successfully argued that Mr. Bennett - whose record of 43 convictions, many for theft, reaches back more than 30 years - was the only criminal involved in the incident, and that Mr. Chen responded reasonably each time the thief escalated his bid to evade capture."

Of course... it's a funny kind of victory... I imagine David Chen is out at least ten thousand dollars in legal fees... but that's how the cookie crumbles in Dalton McGuinty's socialist paradise.