The Pax owned a contract for a service, (travel), which he bought from the contractor,, the contractor wished to void the contract,, the pax declined,, the contractor offered to buy out the contract, again the pax declined, contractor decided not to increase their offer for the pax contract and preferred other dispute resolution methods , result a 69 year old gets a flogging from pseudo coppers acting in a contractual dispute, a civil matter, and therefore none of their business. Moral don't be an ethnic in the states.