a story of patriotism...

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by Kissaki

But with a little bit of foresight he should have anticipated that once the police issued the order, they weren't going to back down from it. They would have to enforce it or lose face. Perhaps the grown-up thing would be for them to admit, "yeah, you're right, we were overreacting there", but especially when dealing with protesters, who is going to expect them to admit to mistakes? It might be construed as weakness, and their authority might be seen as impotent. This is why refusing to do what the police tells you to do can be very dangerous, even if they're in the wrong. I'm not saying you should just take it, but if you're going to oppose it, think it through.

It wasn't the police at first. They only came into the picture later on

Anyway, I understand how the police didn't want to back down once they started, but fact is they knew what was going on before they even appeared.
I can see why they arrested my dad, my point is that he shouldn't have been ordered to lower the flag.
The direct reason for being arrested was indeed not following up the council official's instructions, but eventually the cause was clearly waving the flag.
If he hadn't waved the flag, he wouldn't have been arrested.