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Protesting on public land is perfectly fine. Doing it on private land, with the owner's permission, is hunkey-dory too. I am completely against requiring a perm
by maratd 15y ago
Protesting on public land is perfectly fine. Doing it on private land, with the owner's permission, is hunkey-dory too. I am completely against requiring a permit to do it. You should be able to speak your mind without government interference.
However, when you walk into oncoming lanes of traffic, you are breaking a shitload of laws, endangering yourself AND the people in the vehicles, impeding the flow of traffic (which might include emergency vehicles), and of course, your behavior would be the definition of disorderly conduct. Your ass deserves to be thrown in jail.
Also, why is this happening on Saturday? All the financial institutions are closed for the weekend. Sounds to me like a bunch of hipsters from Brooklyn getting hammered and going out to have some fun.
- chopsueyar 15y agoThey should spray the protestors with firehouses and have them attacked by police dogs. Oh wait...
- blendergasket 15y agoThe twitter says they were led away from the main group (likely by people who wanted them arrested) and onto the bridge, which was cordoned off beforehand, where they could be boxed in and justifiably (within the situation that the authorities created) arrested, but I don't really know because sadly, I wasn't there. My guess is that this is happening on Saturday because there's a hardcore group who stays in the square and on the weekends, when the numbers swell with working people who feel solidarity with the cause, they march.