Canadian wins damages in false pie-assault arrest

[vireo]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A Canadian lawyer has been awarded more than C$10,000 in damages by a British Columbia court after he was falsely arrested and strip-searched over rumors he planned to throw a pie at the prime minister.

A judge ruled on Wednesday that police had no objective basis to believe that Cameron Ward planned a pie attack when he was arrested in a crowd that was watching then-Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien during a visit to Vancouver in August 2002.

"He was too far away and was not in possession of a pie," British Columbia Supreme Court Judge David Tysoe wrote in his ruling, which said that Ward's constitutional rights had been violated.

http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2007-01-03T230220Z_01_N03429400_RTRIDST_0_CANADA-CRIME-CANADA-PIE-COL.XML

[Der Blaue Engel]

1. "He was too far away and was not in possession of a pie,"

:rofl:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. "with intent to distribute"

:rofl:

[Elidor]

5. Reads like a Monty Python skit

$10,000 Canadian? That hardly buys a round of drinks at the pub.

[Der Blaue Engel]

7. "Now come at me with that banana!"

:D

[frylock]

8. pointed stick!

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. The more I read about Canadian justice...

The more unfavorable American justice looks in comparison. I have little doubt that a similar "conspiracy" involving a pie and the President would have resulted in a ruling of, "The Department of Homeland Security was only doing it's job. Oh, and you have to pay the cost of your incarceration; judgement is $10,000 in favor of the defendant."

[Der Blaue Engel]

4. I'm thinking Guantanamo

Pie-throwing terrorist! Let's waterboard 'im!

[baldguy]

6. Strip searched? For an alleged pie?

That's not something you can exactly hide in a pocket.