There are a couple videos embedded in
this article showing these right wing groups doing exactly that, with apparent impunity from law enforcement.
What I see in the videos is two groups of people looking for a fight.
I see things thrown at cars. I see paintballs and mace coming from the cars. I can't see any action at all that meets the definition of "self defense", so I wish that cops would do their best to identify the perpetrators, on both sides, and issue some citations. I don't mean felony aggravated assault or anything just for some paintball crap, but a misdemeanor assault that could be pled down to "disturbing the peace" ought to be sufficient to say, "We're watching and we don't want you here." Peaceful demonstrations, fine, but leave the attitude at home, next to the pepper spray.
And "driving through crowds" is certainly a thing that is happening, but those crowds formed with the specific purpose of blocking a public street, specifically to prevent those cars from using that street. Seems like some more citations are in order. This sort of thing ends badly, and indeed in other videos that can be seen, as fistfights break out.
And I'm sure every idiot in the videos would say "He started it." In my opinion, that ought to work just as well as it always worked in the fifth grade.
These stupid fights all follow the pattern. Chest thumping by dumb males, each out to prove manhood or something. Escalation step by step. Eventual body contact, then full fistfight level and/or weapons produced. Most of the time it stops before someone dies. That happened in all but one of the incidents this weekend.
I want them all thrown in the klink for a few weekends, and sentence them to pick up some roadside trash, together. Make America beautiful again, team. Pick up some litter.
