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Originally Posted by matthew330
Protesters are obnoxious and have no intention of being civil. They congregate and disrupt intentionally. It's generous to rope off a place in plain view for them to protest, but that's not what they want. Arrest them for loitering when they leave it.
It makes sense to contain them. If you don't - free speech ends, mob mentality begins, and policeman get blamed for the chaos.
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Someone hasn't read his Thoreau.
Being arrested for loitering or trespassing is a small price to pay for disrupting what one thinks is even more unjust.
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