This is better than the time that dude threw a shoe at Bush

Mistaken pie-throwing case lands in top court
By Beth Leighton, THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER, B.C. - All he wanted was an apology.

Instead, activist Vancouver lawyer Cameron Ward has had a seven-year legal fight that is now going to the Supreme Court of Canada.

The high court has agreed to hear an appeal by the City of Vancouver and the B.C. government over a $10,000 damage award given to Ward.

He was arrested in August 2002, when Vancouver Police officers believed he was going to throw a pie at then prime minister Jean Chretien.

Police placed Ward in handcuffs and escorted him to a paddy wagon, all the while his arrest was being filmed by a cameraman from a local TV station. The arrest was later broadcast on the evening news.

Ward is well-known within the court system and has built a respected career representing people who have accused police of misconduct, often for free.

He spent several hours in jail and, despite his objections, was strip searched.

"I was completely pie free," he quipped in an interview Thursday. "I had not attended anywhere near a bakery for weeks."

On a far more serious side, Ward said he felt he had to take action to clear his name and restore his reputation.

"It could have all been dealt with within days by a simple apology for the mistake that was made."

When I first opened this story I was sure it was going to fall in the frivilous lawsuit category but as I continued I really began to feel for this guy's plight. The Canadian equivalent of the Secret Service got a little heavy handed here. It did make me think though. If our Secret Service heard some dude was going to pie Obama do you think they'd go on a manhunt or just wait and see. I know a Secret Service agent. Why speculate?