15 minutes for a stop is rare, even on current long-distance Amtrak routes. Maybe if there is a crew change. Most HSR systems in the world stop for about a minute ... with longer stops only at terminal stations. Slowing down and speeding up after a station does add a few minutes of delay, so most systems operate with…

Using armed and aggressive public servants as pawns in a neighborhood-wide game of revenge seems wasteful and dangerous. Given the tragic consequences of many police interactions, you should never purposefully send police to someone else’s house (or your own) without a really good and urgent reason.

“video of people in that neighborhood chanting about Pence’s policies”

There you get into First Amendment issues that do not apply to loud music at a party. Arrest was pretty ridiculous in this case too ... but legally the protest enjoys much better protection.