The case itself is marginal, but the broader implication is that police are allowed to arrest and hold people for protected speech. That implication could (and

The case itself is marginal, but the broader implication is that police are allowed to arrest and hold people for protected speech. That implication could (and I think likely will) have a significant chilling effect on constitutionally protected discourse. Even more concerning is that the protected speech was criticism of the police force itself. It begs the concerning question of whether someone can be arrested and held for 4 days for criticism of the police at all. Could the police arrest someone for a Facebook post or webpage telling people not to talk to police without a lawyer? What about accusations that the police department is corrupt? Any charges are unlikely to stick, but spending 4 days in jail is life ruining for a lot of people. People who have jobs could be fired. Single parents may have their children sent to CPS if they can't find someone else to take care of them. People on parole could have that parole revoked.