Truth, Justice and the American Way or Get On The Ground, Motherfucker! NOW!

Too angry to be even-handed about this right now. Peter Watts' trial following his arrest at the US/Canadian border last year is now over. He just got found guilty of something called, in tortured legalese, "obstructing/resisting" a customs official. This was after attempts to nail him for assault had been blown out of the water by inconsistent testimony from the arresting officers. There's more on his blog here, but the salient segment is this:

The press has frequently characterized the...