re: Ferguson/Brown Protesters block Atlanta freeway during rush hour

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Where's Tony Stewart when you need him?

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UPVOTED THE shite OUT OF THIS!

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If a unlawful protest

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No way the interstate protest was legal. No way the cops go let 30 people stand on a rush hour interstate just to let people make some kind of point.

More than likely the protesters did more harm than good to their "cause" when folks trying to get home found out the real reason for the tie-up.

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That's just plain stupid. Sorry, but it is. By your reasoning any thug should be allowed to do as he pleases if he brings along an entourage willing to join in if he's arrested.

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1) if a thug is causing harm to property or life, he should be arrested.
2) someone walking and yelling on the interstate doesn't cause harm to property or life.

To my knowledge most of the time when non-violent, but illegal protests break out the standard response is not to arrest arrest arrest, rather control the situation and only arrest if it is necessary.

With the way social media is these days, most of the time cops arrest even for illegal protests their actions are seen as unjust, militaristic, etc.

I can think of many situations were pro-life advocates will use an arrest (even if it was called for) to push their agenda. Pro life protestors will show up to where they aren't allowed an protest, cops come and try to control it, they argue I have free speech you can't make me leave, they are arrested, and now they are seen as the heroes.

There is a norm in this culture to hate the police think everything they do is bad, even when they are doing their job and following the law to the T.

The main goal of the police is to protect people and property, not just to arrest every single person who breaks the law, or give every single person who breaks the law a ticket.

Most laws are there to protect social order and protect people. I think many times money has a large say in what laws are passed, but I think the general distrust of police in society, makes it more difficult to do their job.

I'm going to end on this.

The government and law enforcements main goal is to protect the well being of the society. Police should work to protect us, protect us from criminals, keep our streets safe so that less and less people get into harmful accidents, etc. etc.

The goal of the police in this case, is to keep the protest non-violent, and keep the protestors in control so that the city isn't shut down because they stop traffic.

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Are you 100% certain no one stopped in that traffic was headed towards an hospital for treatment or to give birth?

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if you look at pictures once the police showed up traffic was moving.

If they stopped traffic, they stopped it at a time when it normally doesn't move. The protest showed up at rush hour, traffic usually is stand still at rush hour in a major city like Atlanta.

The picture in the OP is misleading, the other side is also stand still traffic. There is a few yards in front empty of traffic but I bet if you looked at the other side of that bridge traffic also was heavy.

This isn't hard.

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You need to stop. You're making less and less of a case for non arrest with each post.

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no I'm not

but whatever I got more important stuff to do today.

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but whatever I got more important stuff to do today.

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Here's to hopeing no one blocks your ability to move about.

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I've yet to figure out how 6 or 7 people in the middle of the freeway can stop traffic

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yea they had a little gay drum line marching up and down the shoulder and other idiots handing out leaflets.

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I ask the question again

what is more important

to arrest as many people as possible?

to keep an unlawful protest in control, to limit affect of traffic, property damage, injury or death to people?

if arrests leads to more unrest than you shouldn't arrest.

The law enforcement is there more than just to enforce the law, law enforcement is also there to protect people and property.

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This is basically the some position the government took with the Cliven Bundy protestors despite the fact that he still hasn't paid what he owes to the government.

Black people should just accept arrests and shootings with grace and dignity like white people do.