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Check out your CCRs, articles of incorporation and bylaws. They will very likely say that ownership of a lot that is positioned inside the boundaries of your HOA entitles you to membership in the association and membership entitles you to use of the common areas.

Can you go out and dig up the common areas? No, they are not yours and under your control. If you are on the board you can, its not right and the other members may get mad and vote you out but you can still do it while you are in charge.

Get elected to the board of representatives, then you have control of the properties. It may not stop the cop from cuffing you, but in the end you will likely win the lawsuit.

Technically the board of directors are the "owners" of HOA property under the law. They are the ones who control the land, not each member of the association.

As an HOA member you own a share in a corporation, the corporation owns all community properties and the board is in control.