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The Agents wanted him to pull over into a area specifically set aside for searching vehicles, he refused to do that citing the fact there was no probable cause for him to have to be searched, he just wanted to continue on his way, the Agents would not let him, it was a stalemate and traffic backed up, the BP Agents after an hour or so were told to let him go, it was on the way back that the tazing incident occurred, it was well known by this time by the authorities who Pastor Anderson was, seems to be they were out to teach him a lesson.

One hour later he suddenly became this person they wanted to teach a lesson to?

More like: for an hour, the BP agents did NOT do anything. Then in came the AZ DPS and the AZ DPS didn’t know him, and so they DIDN’T treat him any differently than any potetial terrorist.

“Terrorist?” you say. He’s shut down an interstate highway for an hour. They’re having to wave cars through the truck inspection stations. He plainly was not a terrorist, as we can see in the cold light of day. But the situation he caused could very well be useful for a terrorist.

You have quabbles about the legality of checkpoints being so far from the border? Fine. Take it up with a judge. Maybe at some point, this case will lead to exactly the sort of review he was aiming for. BUt don’t make it like he’s some innocent victim. He got himself arrested precisely to challenge this law. Maybe he was a little surprised that being arrested wasn’t the hippy-friendly kumbaya experience that all the aging stoners reminisce about, but I don’t see any police brutality.

Once the AZ DPS arrive, what do you expect?

“Sure, mister, you can tie up a US interstate highway for nineteen months while we argue this out in the Supreme Court, hoping that the court draws a distinction between this and a very similar case that we won.”

“Golly, sir... we defended similar actions all the way to the Supreme Court, and won but we’ll give *you* the power of judicial nullification.”