According to the article, they had the appropriate permits and there was no overwhelming public interest in cordoning them off. There was no reason to attempt to cordon these people off.
Blaming Bush for this is non-sensical. It's asinine to think this was because of any decision he made or orders on his part. It looks like the cops doing crowd control overstepped their bounds.
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