How was he free to begin with then? Bail? Was his bail rescinded? Further, it's incredibly bad practice to throw a lawyer down on the ground, tase and arrest him in the court room when he wasn't being physically confrontational and still speaking to the judge. The charges against the lawyer also seem pretty ridiculous and I'd be surprised if they weren't thrown out.
I'm not on anybody's side here, I'm just curious why the U.S. Marshals felt the need to react the way they did.
He wasn't free. He was in custody. The lawyer was arguing he should be freed, but the court in Nevada has jurisdiction over him now, and they already denied bond in him. I'm not going to get into why they tased him and threw the lawyer down, I wasn't there. But I did start my career in that office, and know the guys who are there, and unless they completely changed, I'm sure there was more to the story than what is being reported.