Transcona Coun. Russ Wyatt lashed out at the police board and its handling of the suspension of Mynarski Coun. Ross Eadie Monday morning.

Eadie was taken to the Main Street Project after passing out in a cab after a night of drinking in November.

Wyatt said the suspension and investigation into Eadie's drunken night in the fall smacks of a political "witch hunt." He raised his concerns at a City Hall protection, community services and parks meeting.

Wyatt later told reporters that Eadie hasn't been charged with any criminal offence and doesn't see the need for the investigation into his conduct to continue.

"He has not been charged with breaking the law, he has publicly admitted that he made a mistake, he publicly apologized," Wyatt said. "Personally, I believe this is a bit of a witch hunt. I don't know what the end game is here."

The Mynarski ward councillor left the meeting before Wyatt spoke about the issue. Eadie later met with reporters and said Wyatt was voicing his own frustration with the process.

Wyatt alleged that Eadie's suspension may have been politically motivated. He said the police board's chair, Coun. Scott Gillingham, as well as its executive director, Don Norquay, and Mayor Brian Bowman are all conservatives, while Eadie is decidedly a left-leaning political figure.

Reached for comment, Scott Gillingham said he had recused himself "early in the process to avoid any perceived conflict of interest."