Frank Galvin said:Bruisers Burner Phone said:
This is a terrible situation, and a tragedy. There's nothing to celebrate about anyone being killed in a law enforcement situation. But the job of law enforcement is really, really difficult already without agitators opposing them. The sheer irresponsibility of the elected officials in these towns in openly encouraging citizens to engage physically in opposition to officers is mind-boggling and the results are sadly very predictable.
That pesky First Amendment does allow freedom of assembly and expression. Deeply ironic that all the freedom lovers want to take away those freedoms.
I'm about as close to a First Amendment absolutist as you'll find roaming free. But the law is very clear that the right to assembly does not allow you to actively interfere with the performance by law enforcement officers of their duties. Protest. Protest loudly. Scream and yell almost anything you want in as big of a group as you'd like.