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He was allotted his two minutes as stipulated by the Chair. When he exceeded his time and continued to talk, he was asked to respect the rules as well as others in the room. When he did not do so, it is then proper that he should have been removed in order to allow the meeting to continue so that others might speak as well.

While I commend the officer for initially asking the man to leave, resorting to a charge of and arrest for disturbing the peace was an unnecessary escalation. A simple citation for trespass should have been the next level in the use of force continuum.

And although not really germane to this conversation, yes I have three children.

[Chainmail]

The point is, this gentleman was protecting his children from the actions of this board. Apparently in your overwhelming love of rules and police states, you wouldn't think of doing the same for your children. You would have politely folded your hands and let that board completely ignore you and keep pushing their filth on your kids.

People like you have no fear/understanding of the implications of incidents like this where the raw power of government is flexed with such impunity.

Why are you on the Free Republic at all? You have no idea what Conservatives stand for. Hint: we stand for individual freedom and against all-encompassing government.