A man who was detained after playing “The Imperial March” from Star Wars during a National Guard parade has sued. Sam O’Hara was briefly detained after he played the iconic John Williams tune from his phone in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11. The American Civil Liberties Union of D.C. filed the lawsuit on his behalf Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleging the detention violated O’Hara’s constitutional rights. The suit is being filed against the District of Columbia, as well as four D.C. cops and a sergeant in the Ohio National Guard. According to the ACLU, O’Hara, 35, had been walking behind the troops as they marched, recording on his phone while playing the song. The suit alleges that a Guard member then “turned around and threatened to call the police of

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