Just logged in to say the same thing. I couldn’t tell from the article, but I was going to ask if anyone knew if the retired officer was performing a citizenz’ arrest (I thought it required 2 people), was part of private security (doesn’t sound like it), or someone who assaulted someone else because he didn’t like the fact that he spoke during the ceremony.
If the latter is the case, then I guess I wasn’t informed of when the right to assault someone was given when you don’t like what they’re saying or doing. Was this event private, or public? (I’d think public, since it was at a school). It’s a shame that our country celebrates a breakdown of the rule of law, with cheerleaders on both sides of the isle. Despite the gung-ho “Bring on the civil war” mentality, the situation is going to turn really nasty. The bad part about a society without a rule of law is that there is always someone, or a “group of someones” that can exert force or death over you. Always. And the U.S. doesn’t need to turn into Bosnia.
“group of someones” that can exert force”
Self-governance requires reasonable self-policing. Enforcing a reasonable community standard is indeed a local responsibility. The situation and the event at hand demanded some basic behavior. A man took out the trash. It didn’t rise to the level of needing to call the authorities.
Answers can be found by reading the full article. The guy taking out the trash is a volunteer for the congressman’s campaign.
At this particular moment it appears he was acting as security.
If one goes into an event planning to start screaming and disrupting it, one should always be prepared for the invitation to leave.
I’m sure the whiner will consider legal action, as the article says he complained of a sore ankle. Poor dear.
If you were part of security, how would YOU have handled the situation? If there were no security personnel present, how then would YOU have handled the disrupter?