> Any credible reason to suppose they were going to go through with it? You mean, other than the fact that they did? From the article: In the end they decide

> Any credible reason to suppose they were going to go through with it? You mean, other than the fact that they did? From the article: In the end they decide on two criminal infractions [...] The tickets they gave him started a criminal prosecution in the Connecticut superior court They didn't like what he was doing, so they gave him bogus tickets. They weren't "some guys talking tough" they were police abusing their power.