-- NAPANEE -- Aboriginal activist Shawn Brant has been denied bail after a court hearing today in Napanee, Ont.That's funny... where was all Brant's respect the last couple of times he got turned loose?
Brant's lawyers had said his respect for his mother would keep him from breaching his bail conditions and engaging in unlawful protest.
Brant, 43, had been granted bail twice before in recent months, but breached conditions of his release when he took part in protests on the Canada Day weekend.And did anyone really think this tactic was gonna carry the day?
Though Brant had signed a May 3 court order prohibiting him from participating or encouraging any type of unlawful protest that could disrupt road, rail or waterway traffic, he had not given his word to the judge, lawyer Peter Rosenthal said.Maybe they should have gone with the venerable "had my fingers crossed" defense instead.
You also have to wonder if having supporters show up in court looking like a Hamas murder squad, might have effected the proceedings.
I've never been on trial myself, but I'm guessing judges don't respond well to threats... implied or otherwise.
All in all... a good day for justice.
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UPDATE: Meet the new left... "because we said so"
Dustin Brant, the new spokesman for the quarry protesters, said the group is feeling "frustration and anger and sadness.Unbelievable.
But when reporters asked for reasons why Shawn Brant should be released, the younger spokesman appeared to be looking for answers from his fellow activists.
"I don't know," he said, laughing nervously.
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