Michigan is considering move to ban guns inside state Capitol Building

[moriah]

30. Oh, the ones shoving against cops and yelling in their faces were.

However, had they started to arrest any of them for their various crimes, it would have gotten out of hand.

Just a few:

Disturbance of lawful meetings—Any person who shall make or excite any disturbance or contention in any tavern, store or grocery, manufacturing establishment or any other business place or in any street, lane, alley, highway, public building, grounds or park, or at any election or other public meeting where citizens are peaceably and lawfully assembled, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Clearly they were causing a disturbance to the legislators who were lawfully assembling.

Resisting/obstructing an officer-- Assault, batter, wound, obstruct, or endanger an officer enforcing an ordinance, law, rule, order, or resolution of the common council of a city board of trustees, the common council or village council of an incorporated village, or a township board of a township. "Obstruct" includes the use or threatened use of physical interference or force or a knowing failure to comply with a lawful command. A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.

Clearly those who were shoving against officers to get on the floor were guilty of this crime.

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I understand why police are reticent to do mass arrests regarding these protests.

It isn't even necessarily the thought that they'd shoot vs be arrested. To be honest, veteran protesters treat their arrests as honorable stories -- they'd be all for getting arrested, like that anti-vaccine protester demanded to be arrested. They'd want the notoriety.

It's that trying to get all of them processed and given their court dates would overwhelm a local jail system AND potentially expose staff and inmates to COVID-19 unnecessarily.

I just hope people don't start getting the idea that this is proper behavior.