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In todays social and political climate post 9/11 the police are king. It is 1984 in spades. Police are not ones to be trusted, sad to say. They are sworn to uphold the law, but rather than follow the law they intemperate it to suit their own purposes. On a daily basis persons are arrested only to have the charges dismissed later from there not being an actual crime committed. One only has to look at the debate over gun control going on now. Forget the actual debate. Look at what the dozens of Sheriffs have called news briefings to say. That THEY WILL DETERMINE THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW AND WHETHER TO ENFORCE IT. So basically even if Congress passes a law, they will take it on themselves to ignore it. So what does this have to do with aviation? Simple, law enforcement is taking the law into their own hands. Like the glider incident, they made up a law, then twisted another law to suit their wants and threw the pilot into jail. Then they only released him when he promised not to file suit! Where was the judiciary in all this? In South Carolina, with the exception of a few specific reasons a person can not be arrested for a misdemeanor not committed in the presence of the law enforcement officer. Hence the pilot can and should file suit against the Sheriff for unlawful arrest! Just wait until the skies are filled with UAV's if you think it is bad now.