# The players tried to leave the field, the marching band refused to yield, what details have been concealed, the way they tased this guy?

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**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-players-tried-to-leave-the-field-the-marching-band-refused-to-yield-what-details-have-been-concealed-the-way-they-tased-this-guy/990216/386 "2023-09-21T23:25:44Z")

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> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#):
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> If your idea of the Rule of Law is My Side Always Wins, it isn’t going to work very well. The Republicans are trying to make that work. Not very well, but they’re trying.

Please drop this hijack.

Also, this thread is not in political, it’s in MPSIMS. Everyone (including @Banquet_Bear ) please try not to overly broaden the political aspects. There’s a discussion ongoing in the pit

> [@Controversial encounters between law-enforcement and civilians - the omnibus thread #2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3702):
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> In Birmingham the police got the bright idea to demand a band director stop the band’s performance after a football game, because the police wanted to go home. They berated him, and when he didn’t immediately comply, they surrounded, assaulted, tased and arrested him. All over finishing a song that had 1:30 left.

or you can start a spin-off thread wherever seems appropriate.

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