The keyword in my comment is 'if'. Plus it's a completely unrelated example that you're giving, the police turnout at Orient was considerably less and the action taken today was considerably more direct/aggressive depending on which way you look at it. I'm not criticising the police for their...
In fairness, you'd be pretty f***ed off if you hadn't done anything wrong and you got pulled into the 'naughty corner', perhaps ruining your plans to travel home with friends/family members.