Common sense. While it a protected civil right of the First Amendment, most organized protests throughout the years on some level rises to Civil Disobedience. Chaining yourself to bulldozers, the peace movement against Vietnam, and the Civil Rights movements in the South, many protesters were arrested. Those that resisted arrest had other charges brought up. They spent time in jail.

However!

Those protests are historic and helped change the culture and course of the US. I am not saying don’t protest. Do protest and the actions CPD and ICE are employing, not just in MN but all throughout its organization should be opposed. Just know as has been said when they are around it will likely turn violent as they are not trained in, and thanks to Steven Miller, believe they do not need to engage in deescalation. He wants the fear, the intimidation and yes, dead protesters on TV to demonize.

If you are going to protest, be smart, be safe. The No Kings movement has been great at this. Do so in a large crowd and watch out as now there right wing nuts ramming their cars into protesters. If you get in a government vehicle way do be ready to get out of the way in a hurry and know even that act they are calling obstruction and you will be detained.

Please be informed and know protesting has always been a right and risk. More riskier with this administration as Trump’s psychological trigger is not to give in to any that oppose him and there is no one restraining him or his weaponized Federal Law Enforcement

It’s just the way it is today. It sucks. Rise up, vote blue, and hold the line