The police in that instance initiated the confrontation, then escalated it. I think that they wanted to try out their new tazor. They simply had to let him finish his rant, and escort him out. End of story. Now they're gonna get sued and lose. Idiots.
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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