Police Chief Calls Out Armed Protest Threat In Washington DC

[cui bono]

44. It's okay to arrest anyone engaging in civil disobedience. That's kind of the point of it.

However, protesters should be met with appropriate tactics, which I'm sure you remember the Occupy protesters were largely not. They were treated to a lot of undeserved brutality. Pepper sprayed for standing in place. Sucker punched. I'm sure you saw it.

Also, Occupy protests weren't armed and weren't bragging about being armed. Where as here we have a bunch of, let's face it, wackos, marching in with loaded weapons where it is illegal to do so. That is hardly the makings of what one would think of as a peaceful protest. And there's also the protest leader saying: “We are truly saying in the SUBTLEST way possible that we would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.” Sounds to me like they are planning on resisting arrest, arrest that we all know is immenent given that they are committing a criminal act, not a simple protest. And with loaded weapons. It's going to be interesting...