Even if the conditions aren't moot because he was acquitted, there's still no mens rea as IIRC he was something like 150-175m (500-575 ft) away so clearly he was trying to abide by the conditions. Normal people can't easily eyeball 200m and the cops were ordered not to give him any leeway and arrest him on the spot- which the judge should have thrown out on that basis too because that's clearly politicized policing.
So there's 2 other reasons the judge should have thrown this case out.
Even if the conditions aren't moot because he was acquitted, there's still no mens rea as IIRC he was something like 150-175m (500-575 ft) away so clearly he was trying to abide by the conditions. Normal people can't easily eyeball 200m and the cops were ordered not to give him any leeway and arrest him on the spot- which the judge should have thrown out on that basis too because that's clearly politicized policing.
So there's 2 other reasons the judge should have thrown this case out.
Exactly. It should not have been allowed to get as far as it did in the courts.
It only has because feelings were hurt for the correct people.