Citizens who live or work near protest sites or marches have every right to be free of violence from protesters, and they should never be subjected to destruction of property.
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Violence is not a constitutionally protected right. Damaging property is not a constitutionally protected right; inciting violence is not a constitutionally protected right.
If there is no threat to the lives of the citizens, our tactic will be to not intervene or impede members of the protest in expressing their will freely.
This is America. Anyone is free to protest about anything they want.
If people want to protest, to get out there and express themselves, as long as they do it peacefully, they should be encouraged to do so.
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
We want people to have the right to express their concerns and frustration and protest in a peaceful manner.
People have the right to protest - that's what democracy is all about. I have no problem with people exercising their democratic rights.
No one should be allowed to violently trample on the law.
There's no violence coming from the Occupy protesters.
It's never a good thing to see a government agency talk in secret about the need to 'control protestors' - especially when that agency is charged with protecting the homeland against terrorists, not nonviolent demonstrators exercising their First Amendment rights to peaceable dissent.
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