WASHINGTON - A Washington, D.C., resident has filed a federal lawsuit against an Ohio National Guard member and four D.C. police officers, alleging his constitutional rights were violated when he was detained after his musical protest was seen as harassment by arresting officers.

Plaintiff Sam O'Hara, represented by the ACLU, was protesting the deployment of the National Guard in D.C. by walking behind troops and playing "The Imperial March" (Darth Vader's theme) from Star Wars on his phone while recording video. O'Hara believed the deployment was a "dangerous departure" from the U.S. tradition of barring troops from policing civilians.

The dispute stems from a September 11 incident in D.C.'s Logan Circle. Less than two minutes after O'Hara started his protest, Ohio National Guard Sgt.

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