They were going to have him arrested either way. His name was called as he was in the process of sitting - if he failed to stand at the prompt of his name, he would have been arrested as well. The purest form of setup. Straight out of a third-world kangaroo court.
Every person involved, from the judge to those making the arrest, should be fired and forever banned from serving in government in any capacity.
Mr policeman is your friend.
The guy arrested is a self described “civil disobedience activist.” Does that tell us anything?