Considering he is a lawyer and a politician and civil liberties activist, he knew CBPA’s rights very well, and this is a public stunt to encourage the government to change the law.

A simple search about this nick wright, reveals that this is not his first encounter with the authority. He is definitely more active about civil liberties than the average person. He has been arrested during a G20 event, and his story then sounds a bit like this one.

So, we either have case of lightning striking the same person twice, or he likes to play games with the law.