alt Hacker NewsI think the interview goes in good depth in all the details of the scenario it doesn't sound like you listened..
Publicity for what?
The publicity comes from a elected government official getting charged with felonys for stealing when he didn't steal anything.
The playground analogy doesn't really hold up here I don't see the connection between the two.
Except he did steal the cameras. He only returned them when confronted by law enforcement.
You don't get to rob a bank and then say "oopsie! my mistake, here's the bag of cash" when the police come knocking.