Students and minister said to be talking
Student group leaders are said to be talking to Line Beauchamp again – although CLASSE has again been excluded. A fairly small turnout graced the 20th consecutive evening demo Sunday.
A splinter group is expected to demonstrate Monday as the smoke bomb four appear in court.
This weekend, a Facebook message from a retired STM worker made the rounds, in which he alleges that the whole metro need never have been shut down for two hours: the ventilation system should’ve made short work of the smoke in minutes.
The Journal went to Saint-Michel-de-Napierville to talk to the family of one of the suspects and collected sad quotes from them on the assumption their scion will serve 5 years for charges connected with inciting a fear of possible terrorism. Isn’t that kind of a meta-offense?
Mark 09:34 on 2012/05/14 Permalink
“Meta-offense”–that’s almost exactly what I said this morning when I read one of those articles. I wonder if the news corps could be charged for inciting fear of fear of possible terrorism…
David Tighe 10:53 on 2012/05/14 Permalink
That law should not be applied except in extreme cases. It is one of those Bush type panic-driven laws which should not be on the books
cheese 10:56 on 2012/05/14 Permalink
With a law like “inciting a fear of possible terrorism” shouldn’t the editor (or someone) from each major media outlet be in jail already?
Bill Binns 11:06 on 2012/05/14 Permalink
@David Tighe – “Extreme” as in someone has to die? I think throwing incendiary devices in tunnels full of people at rush hour is pretty extreme. There are many ways this stupid stunt could have resulted in death or injury. All over $300 a year. I am all for these people doing 5 years (although I seriously doubt they will). Hopefully they will also be banned from public transport for life as well.
Kate 11:14 on 2012/05/14 Permalink
There are many ways this stupid stunt could have resulted in death or injury.
At any moment something bad can happen. You can’t charge people over something that might have happened BUT DID NOT.
Bill Binns 12:07 on 2012/05/14 Permalink
Ok. Are you also in favor of decriminalizing drunk driving in cases where nobody was hurt? But fine, lets toss them in jail for what actually did happen, an attack on a mass transit system resulting in it’s complete shutdown and evacuation.
ant6n 12:16 on 2012/05/14 Permalink
@Bill
Drunk drivers get charged with drunk driving, not potential manslaughter.
Kevin 13:24 on 2012/05/14 Permalink
Think of it as being charged for yelling “fire” in a movie theatre.
http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120514/mtl_newsmaker_levy_120514/20120514/?hub=MontrealHome
Mark 17:39 on 2012/05/14 Permalink
As far as I know, there hasn’t been any clarification as to what the “smoke bomb” was exactly, but it’s doubtful that it was “incendiary”, meaning to cause fires. A molotov cocktail would be an incendiary device.