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Yes, he was purposely making trouble to test a theory that they don't have specific procedures in place, and that the laws contain holes that you can get through. You might say the law says you have to go through, but in this case nobody could come up with a law that says that. The guy himself asked how this conflates with his constitutional rights - also laws - and how the contradictions are resolved.

Like it or not, this kind of behaviour either strengthens the laws or removes poorly designed ones. Either way, it's important that people do this on a regular basis because laws and procedures are very rarely correct.