Protesters arrested for...well, protesting

Ol Cranky has yet another disturbing story posted at The Disenchanted Forest. It seems that Rick Santorum couldn't handle having some protesters at his August 10 Barnes & Noble book-signing in Wilmington. We would expect that. The significant part of this story is that--without consulting Barnes & Noble--a Delaware state trooper, acting in his capacity as a private security guard (but wearing his state trooper uniform), threatened the protesters with arrest if they did not leave. Two of them stayed and were arrested.

And just when you think the story can't get any worse, we learn that the Deleware state police supported the trooper's behavior.

Here's hoping for a civil rights violation lawsuit.