[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by Von Tonner

Precisely. Will someone who agrees with the arrest of this man please explain to me up to the point of the police stepping in (not the students reaction in response to) what he had done which was illegal and prompted police action. Is heckling in an open political debate, invited by the speaker (in this instance Kerry) illegal in the States?

In South Africa prior to our democracy, a British citizen (woman) living in South Africa attended a public political meeting and when the political apartheid candidate got up to speak she stood up and threw a bad tomatoe at him. She was arrested and deported. It made world headlines and the action by the police and government at the time was roundly condemned - and rightly so. Thank god we have moved on in SA.

Please tell me that the USA is not going down that path.

And secondly, is it unlawful to openly resist arrest by the police if you have not done anything wrong? This question in a police state of course would be meaningless.

From above:

When you resist what the cop is trying to do you have opened yourself up to use of force.