No, it’s not undisputed. In fact it seems that he was sitting in one of the chairs at the time he was twice asked to leave by building security. Plus, per that cite, it’s not even clear that the walkways themselves are always public beyond “de facto access”. I don’t know if hanging around for 15 minutes when asked to move on is de facto access.
No. I don’t care about this guy getting tazed for not telling his name.
I would think it’s a concern if an ordinary citizen can’t go about his own business without being tazed by cops. If self-entitled jerks can’t be in-your-face obnoxious without being tazed by cops is not nearly as troubling.
When we are talking about a situation where crimes possibly being committed are the very reason for the situation’s existence in the first place, I think “whether or not it’s a crime” is a very reasonable standard to judge interactions with other humans.
As someone who has been particularly engaged in this discussion, I contend that it is not a hijack. I also don’t know where you get off throwing your little dictator tantrum.
Clearly, he has a duty to stand up for his rights in the face of false claims of authority from would-be fascists like the rest of us. Why are you disrespecting a courageous American hero?
More specifically, start with the Fourth Amendment as a foundation, and then cite any official sources limiting those rights.
Please read the US v Grigg text, which articulates the balance between individual liberty from being officially detained versus the public interest to prevent harm.
I think this is still a bit murky. Some of the skyways are completely public, some are private, some utilize a public easement that allow for “ingress and egress” but the “operations” is private and they allow the private owner to close the skyway outside of business hours.
If a private property owner can close a skyway every night, it ain’t public, and they have the right to tell you to “move along”.
If a detailed legal analysis of the ownership/management/easement rights of the piece of property he was on shows us that it IS private, the police were 100% legally justified in asking for ID, detaining him for identification purposes, and arresting him for trespass.