Reply #311: I would EXPECT that the police would be willing to listen to reason and

[Bonobo]

if a paper showing the precise voting requirements is shown to them - and a telephone with someone from the voting commission or whatever, is on the phone -that they would listen.

We are talking about voting rights. No small thing. On an election day, I would expect law enforcement to be able to make some reasonable judgments and not handcuff a man who is exercising his right to vote and being clearly rational (I suspect he was rational because he was fully prepared for the event and had his shit quite clearly together).

If police allow themselves to be used as tools (ie, "just following orders"), we are in trouble. Especially in the more, umm, rednecky areas. Know what I'm sayin'?