It says he was arrested when he left the lectern and approached the sitting council. He stated his intention to engage in “peaceful civil disobedience” directly before, so he knew what he was doing.
Good on him for his protest, but I don’t think it’s fair to attribute his arrest to his speech.
Certainly I think removing him for breaking the rules of the forum would have been a more appropriate action than arresting him. I didn’t see a reference to any specific law broken, so who knows what local laws exist.
Edit: in the arrest record the law broken is “Disturbance/Etc at Assembly/Etc”.
It says he was arrested when he left the lectern and approached the sitting council. He stated his intention to engage in “peaceful civil disobedience” directly before, so he knew what he was doing.
Good on him for his protest, but I don’t think it’s fair to attribute his arrest to his speech.
So what law did he break? The approaching the city council law?
Certainly I think removing him for breaking the rules of the forum would have been a more appropriate action than arresting him. I didn’t see a reference to any specific law broken, so who knows what local laws exist.
Edit: in the arrest record the law broken is “Disturbance/Etc at Assembly/Etc”.