happened too him because his tags were expired. to him because his tags were expired. he s outraged and so is virginia senator jim webb. this is the craziest thing i ve ever heard for expired tags. reporter: it happened one year ago, but this man who does not want to be identified remembers a drive with his dog in d.c. like it happened yesterday. he said an officer pulled him over for expired plates. they were about 22 days past due. i asked him to cut me a break. we were heading home. i d get it fixed the next day. it would be top of my priority list and he said well, we re going to take you in to process you for about three hours, standard procedure. reporter: but the next three hours didn t feel like standard procedure for a traffic violation. he was hauled downtown, shackled and chained to 12 other men. you can imagine for something like from the union that born trail or o.j. simpson trial the unabomber trial to the o.j. simpson trial where you re walking do