Akers certainly has the moral high-ground here, but the press conference was held on private property, and the owners of said property DO have the legal right to restrict access.

Which just proves the point here: if Rossi is so afraid of criticism that he has to surround himself with cops on their own turf, where they can subsequently engage in this kind of assholish, but nevertheless legal behavior in order to shut out anyone who might be critical of Rossi, it certainly calls into question both his confidence, judgement, and willingness to engage in open, public debate.

Even if Rossi is boooooring.

@6- That was a painful Dino pause.

Cops are well within their legal rights to remove an uninvited guest from private property.

And it would seem that a cop must question the different parties involved separetely, as their points of view are demonstratively too different to allow for a single, coherent, account.

And, I agree, that to surround himself with all of these legal precautions, the candidate is showing us the very dark vision he is afraid we will see.

And, dude, cops really don't like people getting all up in their grill. Serious.

the rossi thugs should have:
1. not removed the guy forcibly, but waited for the on-duty police to arrive
2. not touched his camera

the cops should have:
1. been more polite (though they were nicer then some i've seen)
2. seemed non-biased until they gathered all the information (it sucks to have them totally dismiss you because an off-duty cop happens to be around -- and off-duty cops never break the law!)

the guy should have:
1. quite saying, "i'm not doing anything!" he was doing something, and he knew it
2. answered the police officer's questions
3. once the "investigation" began, he really should have followed legal instructions by the police