Dramatic video: 71-year-old taken to the ground for questioning Paul Ryan

As Congressman Paul Ryan cracked a joke about him, Tom Nielsen found himself face down on the floor being handcuffed by police. The 71-year-old retired plumber from Kenosha was thrown to the ground, placed in handcuffs, and arrested for trespassing and resisting arrest after objecting to Ryan's plans to gut Social Security and Medicare during his congressman's only public appearance scheduled during the August recess -- a $15 Rotary Club luncheon in West Allis on Tuesday.

Nielsen repeatedly told police that he wasn't fighting them and that he didn't want to make any trouble. He also told them several times that he had a broken shoulder. Police officers ignored his comments as they wrestled him to the ground despite his howls of pain.

Nielsen's comment to Ryan at the luncheon, his arrest, and Ryan's joke are all captured on video available here.

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[rg0057]

Not very libertarian of Ryan. Apparently liberty is only for him.

[thejerseydebil]

Paul Ryan should have his pension and healthcare taken away from him

[BrandonAshbySmith]

"I hope he's taken his blood pressure medication." Weak ass politician, career ended. Good game

[evannati]

if you want to send Paul Ryan an email go to: paulryanforms DOT house DOT gov/Contact/Email.htm

and put your zipcode as 53105

[Craiginator]

@dlondo99 Yes it does, it's just a matter of who has more clout in the room.

[dlondo99]

Freedom of speech doesn't give you the right to yell in a room full of people trying to listen to what the speaker is saying.

[battyinbackwater]

Ryan, that’s NOT what democracy looks like! Ryan and his fellow Republicans always find a way to oust those who disagree with them wherever they speak, or they refuse to speak at all. An example would be Eric Cantor with his speech on income inequality, scheduled to be given at the Univ. of Penn…until he found out the university’s policy of allowing in the first 300 people—whoever they were. Gasp! That could have meant that some actual victims of income inequality may have been allowed in!

[Carolann045]

Ryan is my so-called Representative, but only until the next election. He's a skunk, a thief, a liar, a cheat, and unbelievably uncaring about the elderly, the disabled, and the poor. He's a suck and you can smell him coming from miles away. I CAN NOT WAIT UNTIL ELECTIONS ARE UP FOR THAT RAT! We'll see who has the POWER then!!!

[4rife]

what a despicable human being - I hope paul ryan's parents are proud of the evil they have produced.

[spamkiller55]

The cops and congressman have their cushy fat-cat retirement programs. We pay for their retirement and our own, but they have the power to take ours away from us.

It’s time to take back our government from the plutocrats and fire criminals like Paul Ryan.

[suetiggers]

This is disgusting to watch. Paul Ryan and the 1percenters who think like him need to lose some of the wealth they've accumulated, then let's see who cracks the jokes.............

[SuperCousin1]

I am so ashamed of America anymore. It has turned Nazi. I pray for a Revolution to take the power back from these aristocrattes. These right-wing pricks are the worst offenders.