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Originally Posted by k0nr4d
*SHOULD* he have done that? Probably not - It was pretty clearly antagonizing the protestors, but you cannot tell me that laying in the middle of an unclosed public road is a responsible thing to do either. They should be in front of a building protesting or something, not laying down in a road blocking traffic.
I'm ok with people's right to protest, but I think it's done better here. People don't just block public roads by laying down on them or block entire highways because "black lives matter" - they get schedule and get permits for marches through cities, along with police escorts. Both the far left and the far right do it this way. Doing it like that doesn't "raise awareness", it just makes THEM look like assholes for making people late.
Taxi drivers did it the wrong way here about a week ago - they blocked off 3 major cities during morning rush hour to protest uber. Now everyone here hates taxi drivers.
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You're not understanding the situation.
In San Fransisco you get a permit to protest,like these protesters did. Here's what happened:
1) go-to city with date, time & location of planned protest.
2) pay fee for protest permit
3) City blocks traffic @ time of protest & provides officers for protesters safety.
4) Biker enters blocked area of planned protest
5) Biker is detained
The protesters weren't blocking traffic, there was no traffic as the area is blocked off for a planned protest with permit.
You have to follow the same procedure for street concerts, rallies, parades, etc.
The biker was disrupting a planned, permitted & paid for protest. Protesters weren't randomly blocking traffic and pissing off motorists. Maybe you see the picture a little more clearly now? San Fransisco is strange, a lot of free speech history there and precise procedures to avoid being fined or arrested for protest without a permit.