But she was arrested, and there is going to be no penalty for the officers. This case affirms that police can pick you up and put you in jail on any pretext they can dream up. She beat the rap, but she did not beat the ride, and every single protester who doesn't want to spend time in a cell now knows that.

The worst is actually the prosecutor, who compelled her to defend herself in court. A lawyer who says, in court, “no one has a Constitutional right to dress up as an erect penis and stand on the side of the road" should be sanctioned by the bar and forced to do remedial training.