A Midvale man arrested for lighting fireworks on July 4 told a police officer that the ban prohibiting fireworks over the holiday violated his civil rights and was not the law.
Peter Ellison, 61, faces charges of violating a fire restriction order following his arrest Saturday.
A Unified Police officer first saw a person lighting fireworks in front of a Midvale home as a group of people watched, and warned the man of the ban that encompassed all of Salt Lake County. The man said he understood before the officer left the area…