It really didn't show they were complying with what the literal terms of the ordinance were.

I wasn't complying with his commands, but then again, that doesn't justify for them beating on me because they could have easily just held me there and just waited 'til help arrived.

We think we think in a very literal way, but if you really ponder it, you don't think in a literal way. You're seeing in a literal way, and you're going from point A to point B, but if you really consciously think back at what was going through your mind when you went from point A to point B, you'll find that it's a very abstract process.

Can you tell me what it means to waive your rights?"

I hold my breath as Jacob hesitates. And then slowly, beautifully, the right fist he's been banging against the wooden railing unfurls and is raised over his head, moving back and forth like a metronome.

Movies are too literal.

It's glaring in what it does do, and in what it doesn't do. ... This ordinance is so vague and wide open, it concerns me,