Because banning protests would create a serious 1st amendment constitutional question. It was the same with the Reopen protests - they were allowed, just stupi

Because banning protests would create a serious 1st amendment constitutional question. It was the same with the Reopen protests - they were allowed, just stupid. Health authorities say the same thing here - a lot of people are going to get COVID-19 from the civil unrest going on now, and ideally they should be quarantining themselves for 2 weeks. FWIW, I support the BLM movement but I'm not going to any protests, largely because of the prospect for COVID-19 infection. We've been avoiding seeing friends because of coronavirus; we're not going to stand shoulder to shoulder with shouting strangers right now, no matter how much we support the cause.