[Henrietta]

"Well, I don't know that it was illegal... "

It is. The Supreme Court says so.


"he could have asked for an attorney, he could have asked them to take him down town, he could have TOLD THE WOMAN WHO WANTED TO CALL THE POLICE WHO HE WAS... "

There was no indication that the woman with the phone ever asked him what he was doing. He had no duty to answer the cops' questions, and they had no right to detain him. He didn't need an attorney; all he needed to do was assert his rights. It's just that the cops did not respect them.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

WHY DIDN'T HE WALK AWAY, IF HE WANTED TO?

Think about it, he is a REPORTER! If he had walked away, maybe then, they would have arrested him, THEN he could sue them for false arrest, and test his theory about how the Constitution protects him... he would have won big, too. Instead, he blathers on, and earns a buck. My guess is he is less concerned about his rights as an American, than he is about the BIG STORY.