[Newsbot]

Title: Toronto grocer acquitted in citizen's-arrest case
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: Regina
Date: 2010-10-29 10:33:11
Canadian

[Regina]

Fuckn' eh!!

[BartSimpson]

Amazing bit of sanity there.

[andyt]

Yep.

$1:

But the judge also said Chen and the other men used disproportionate force when they put the thief in the back of a van.

When asked outside court how he'll approach shoplifters given the judge's decision, Chen said, "I would be careful."

Se he skated pretty close to the line.

[Brenda]

That was a no-brainer...

[andyt]

Brenda Brenda:

That was a no-brainer...

Not in Canada, it wasn't.

[martin14]

finally, the one in a million decision that makes sense.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Yep, it sure was. And frankly, I don't see much difference between being hogtied in a van and handcuffed in the back of a cruiser, in THIS kind of an instance.

[EyeBrock]

Maybe the cops will get there a bit quicker to lock up thieves when this guy calls 911 next time. A good result and a sensible judgement.

[Gunnair]

I'm gonna go hog tie me some humps!



... oh, and call the cops too.

[Chumley]

“Yeah, I stole from him, but he didn't have to frigging tie me up and throw me in a van.”

There's that great Canadian criminal mind set for ya.
You have no right to do anything, I am a criminal and I have rights!

Good for Mr. Chen.

[Arctic_Menace]

Good for him on the acquittal.

[KorbenDeck]

Wow i really thought he was gonna get jail time. Real glad the judge wasn't a the usual idiot we have residing over cases.

[EyeBrock]

KorbenDeck KorbenDeck:

Wow i really thought he was gonna get jail time. Real glad the judge wasn't a the usual idiot we have residing over cases.

Maybe the judge saw the media circus and thought better of being the usual judicial idiot the rest of us will get and made a popular decision, despite the Law Society of Upper Canada.

[kenmore]

Looks good on Toronto the Terrible! This guy should not have been charged in the first place!