Tea Party Protest in Brunswick Results in Arrest

BRUNSWICK, GA -- A man has been arrested in downtown Brunswick after disrupting a Tea Party protest against the Democrats' healthcare reform plan.

Around 20 members of the Golden Isle Tea Party Patriots and other participants were holding signs and waving at passing cars in front of the main post office.

First Coast News was there when Zack Lyde from Brunswick walked up shouting at the group and started a verbal confrontation with protesters.

When a Brunswick police officer asked Lyde to leave, he refused. As officers tried placing him under arrest, he attempted to wriggle out of their grasp.

Officers pointed tasers at Lyde until he dropped to the ground and allowed himself to be handcuffed and taken into custody.

Lyde is charged with disorderly conduct.

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