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Police Arrest Man For Refusing To Tweet
RichZellich writes "Police arrested a senior vice president from Island Def Jam Records, saying he hindered their crowd-control efforts by not cooperating. The crowd at a mall where Justin Bieber was appearing got out of control, and police wanted the man to send a tweet asking for calm; he refused and they arrested him on a felony assault charge 'for putting people in danger.'"
Apparently the official answer is: No they shouldn't.
You and several others have made some excellent points, but all missed the "real" story here.
The police know the charges won't stick, most likely the DA will write them off the second it hits his desk.
But these self-important assholes got to stick a rich and powerful man in a cage for a few hours. This may have included such wonderfully fun activities as a strip/cavity search, fingerprinting (that ink comes right out of $4000 cashmere suits, we promise), a parasite dusting, and getting to hang out with the cream of society in a 10x10 cell.
They don't care whether or not the charges stick, they've already "gotten theirs" against this uppity prick who didn't immediately comply with their demands. It only surprises me that they didn't tase him in the process.