> There was no "peaceful" presentation of grievance. There was weeks of civil disobedience and actual acts of violence. Partisans love to play this game, where

> There was no "peaceful" presentation of grievance. There was weeks of civil disobedience and actual acts of violence. Partisans love to play this game, where they judge a large group of people by the worst possible interpretation of the actions of a tiny subset of them. For a protest which some estimates say peaked at ~18,000, this was the resulting set of "violent" charges: "12 charges of assaulting a peace officer; six charges of assault; three charges of assault or intimidation with a weapon; five charges of possessing a weapon dangerous to public peace; two charges of carrying a concealed weapon; one charge of possessing a restricted firearm; and four charges of uttering threats of death or bodily harm." [0] Obviously this is not acceptable, but the idea that the protesters as a group were "authoritarians" because 0.01% of them got violent is hysterical nonsense. [0] https://archive.is/8VYvr#selection-4877.151-4877.502 https://archive.is/8VYvr#selection-4877.151-4877.502