Byron Sonne....

[ted leslie]

In the brief amount i followed this when it happened,
is it not simply the case that he baited law-enforcement,
took resources away from making sure Canadians were secure,
and thus his actions put us all in danger, and he needs a much
deserved stay at the big house?(or some psychological help?)
 I know some people think
what he did was obviously a joke, but the law can't make
that assumption, as if he actually did in the end
do (aid) in something, heads would roll and the people
would get very upset. I hope he gets a few months
a the health spa (we call the Canadian prison/jail system)
(and time already served counted), and he hopefully
will realize what he did was just so stupid.
He is just lucky in the end there wasn't a "action" at the
G20, and his mis-steering of important resources didn't result
in getting innocent people getting killed, but, it could
have been the case, and I am sure he wouldn't be
too proud of that. Now I understand how he was treated
after the fact, may be the main concern here (his rights),
but personally what he did was so stupid, I am glad he
got put through the ringer. If we had many people like him
in this country, then we would be totally screwed, as our
security people wouldn't be able to do any sort of job.

Having said all this, I know little about the case, just the high
level stuff spoken on here and in the news (on tv) at the time.
I would hope that if his actions were misunderstood,
and there was "mistakes" in the system,  did he not
get a warning, which he ignored?

I guess my main concern is, if he really did
detour resources, and in general the authorities
had to take with even 1% possibility, that he may
in fact have been plotting (or aiding in something),
seems to me, it all went down as it should have,
and the system handled it correctly and we can
take great pride in the system.

I am sure if there is more to the story, facts i need to know
that would show me in fact in no way did he do anything to
taught/deceive/detour law-enforcement, I am guessing
people will be posting it here.  But my main issue is, if
he detoured resources (even if morally  wrong, not directly legally
wrong), he should pay,
as if everyone did that, we  would be SOL as a country.

tl

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> A court case that I have been following to some degree is the one
> against Byron Sonne, an IT security expert who was arrested before the
> G20 meeting last year. In late January I spent about a half hour
> watching a small part of his preliminary hearing (where the Crown
> (government) Prosecutor has to prove to a judge that they have enough
> evidence that when they do reach trial they will not be laughed out).
> The preliminary hearing is over and here is what happened:
>
> http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/945221--most-charges-dropped-against-g20-accused-in-jail-since-last-june
>
> Bottom line, most of the charges against Byron Sonne have been
> dropped. Based on what little I saw the only thing that surprises me
> is that any of the charges are still in place.
>
>
> Colin McGregor
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