Thread by @atMatthewBest

Let's see if we can get a proper thread started. We're delayed in starting anyway, so 10:30 is off the table.

Soon I can start furiously typo'ing away on my phone as I watch the trial intently, simulating the experience of being in a real courtroom.

#tamaralich

Lich was denied bail last week after she was deemed likely to reoffend. That's now being challenged today (reasonable bail is, after all, a charter right).

Lunch poll might happen for you folks if I'm too busy tweeting away.

#tamaralich #TruckerConvoy2022

And the meeting has ended by the host again. Good grief.

Back in. Ok.

Lich forms a trifecta in denied bail for the Crown, along with Pat King and George Billings. Chris Barber, another prominent member of the trucker protests, was granted bail on Feb. 18.

#TamaraLich

Trucker protest supporters are spamming the chat with "Free Tamara" messages. So, probably a circus again.

And the webinar has ended AGAIN.

So everybody has an idea of how Tamara Lich's hearing will likely go, all attendees are supposed to have appropriate usernames and, of course, the courtroom is not a spectator sport.

So we have this.

#tamaralich #TruckersConvoy

This is the Zoom equivalent of showing up to court with a giant foam #1 finger and a big gulp, then telling the judge your name is "Dr. Robot" when they take umbrage with that behaviour.

I'll likely start a new thread when this gets up and running. Just consider this one the pre-trial dog and pony show.

#tamaralich #TruckersConvoy

When I covered the Alek Minassian trial in what seems like simultaneously yesterday and decades ago thanks to COVID, the court had set up the webinar with direct logins for journos & lawyers, and then one webinar acct went to a supervised viewing room for the public.

I reflect on the prudence of that frequently. Granted, with this there wasn't the time to prepare like in the Minassian trial, where we knew it drew itn'l attention. But still.

Should you be lost, the new, clean thread starts here:

https://twitter.com/atMatthewBest/status/1499050358424932362