Don't be a Shocked Rat in a Cage!

Pretty surprising that there are still some cops who actually front protestors these days.

Why "get on the sidewalk?" Were they blocking the streets? Were they dragging motorists out of their cars and beating them?

As for rubber bullets, if the protestors were not "shocked" by meeting a phalanx of "armed" cops, they faired far better than the "Four Dead in Ohio." No rubber bullets there.

Protesting is fine, but when it comes down to physical violence from any side, then "you pays your money, and you takes your chances."

The problem with protests is they sooner or later begin to act like a mob. Mob mentality reverts to the lowest common denominator. Mobs do what the majority of the individuals comprising the mob would never do as individuals. And that fact applies to both factions in a confrontation.

Anyway, wherever this was, it looks like the pendulum has begun to swing there. Pretty sure it wasn't in Portland, OR.