A Washington, D.C., resident who was handcuffed and detained in September for mocking National Guard soldiers by playing "The Imperial March" from Star Wars on his cellphone is suing the soldiers and police officers for their stormtrooper-like behavior.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of D.C. filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of Sam O'Hara, arguing that his detention violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights by cutting off his peaceful protest.

"The law might have tolerated government conduct of this sort a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away," O'Hara's lawsuit states. "But in the here and now, the First Amendment bars government officials from shutting down peaceful protests, and the Fourth Amendment (along with the District's prohibition on false arrest) bars g

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