This is an instructive story because it illustrates the truth that the essence of taxation is theft and coercion. All of those socialists who push for higher taxes and greater government spending are individually guilty of and responsible for sending men with guns to terrorize this person, even though they may be too cowardly to handle the guns themselves.
The way I would put it is that this story shows that taxation is a lot about power. This prosecution will obviously be a money-loser for the City. The only reason to do this is to remind everyone who's in charge. There is a similar story in the Washington Post about this poor woman who was prosecuted for drunken driving when she had had one drink and had a very low level of alcohol in her bloodstream. It appears that DC has this absurd law that essentially says that ANY amount of alcohol in the blood can be drunkenness. Hard to tell why the cop arrested the poor woman, but it sounds like she was mouthy and challenged his authority. So the cop had to put her down (how dare she!).