UPDATE: Vindication—the Civilian Review Board ruled my arrest was a false arrest.
You can read my account about this the epic and pointless law enforcement failure in City Paper.
And to see how a properly trained police department reacted to a much larger post-election celebration in Richmond, read this.
And if you want to see the type of “criminal” activity that resulted in 15 arrests, see Tim Castlen’s excellent flickr set.
I heard about this on Tom Hartmans’ show this morning. I’ll spread the word around.
Wow, Mike. Sorry to see you had to go through this. I hope the folks responsible are aptly admonished. Glad you didn’t get tasered!