"Police arrest demonstrators in Hart Bridge protest during evening rush hour"

[thekillingwax]

Wooooow.

[gerschea@gmail.com]

I am 100% for your right to protest but these assholes on the bridge caused me to sit in dead stop traffic and be late for an appointment yesterday. If you wanna picket your little heart out on the sidewalk go for it, but don't interfere with my day

[ben4prez]

For fear that free expression might put you out.

Being stopped on the street for no particular reason should leave one "put out".
Being shot for no particular reason should leave one "put out".
Being told your loved one will not see justice should leave one "put out".

Being stuck on the bridge for the same amount of time it takes to clear an accident because people are keeping an issue in the public eye by engaging and physically demonstrating should be a birthright and an honor. Step out of your still car and sing a song of liberty.

[mtraininjax]

Stephen, I did not see your mug shot here.....

http://www.news4jax.com/news/mugs-19-arrested-charged-in-hart-bridge-protest/30137610

Next time, right?

[simms3]

There have been a lot of protests, mostly violent to a degree, in the Bay Area for the past couple weeks.  We have had:

Our highways shut down by thousands of protesters (last night a woman went into labor as 1500 protesters blocked a section of freeway in the East Bay)

Cops and bystanders injured by flying debris

Incendiary devices left around

Stores in Oakland, San Francisco, and Berkeley smashed to bits, some burned

Many injuries to small business owners trying to protect their store, including this poor guy hit in the head by a hammer as he tried to defend his Radio Shack against looters.



I'm all for peaceful, meaningful protests.  But these protesters around the country are nothing more than idiots looking to cause trouble (much the same way people use something like a World Series Championship to just burn, loot, riot, and act the fool).

Last week, protesters in the Bay Area tried to get people to not "give in to Black Friday" and to not shop on Black Friday as a way to send a message (what message would that be)?  So a bunch of people handcuffed themselves together and to a Oakland-SF train so that it wouldn't go into the city.

BART and Muni have been shut down in various spots for hours upon hours during commutes.  The commuter rail systems have been blocked during evening commutes, and so has Amtrak.

If there is ONE way to piss off the 99% of the rest of the people who WERE sympathetic to the cause, it's to have this 1% disrupt everyone else's lives to the extent their message gets completely lost.

All for peaceful protests/marches.  Sit-ins.  Dine-ins.  Creative things like everyone lighting up their apartments in red in solidarity, or protesting *peacefully* in front of police HQ day AND night, camping out, wearing chokers around your neck, wearing hoodies as for Trayvon, etc.  But please, the rest of us don't have the luxury of joining in your otherwise violent, disruptive meaningless crusades and we're all PISSED THE F OFF.

If the level of protests seen in more traditional violent protest cities (i.e. SF/Oakland, Seattle, Chicago, LA, Philly, etc) haven't reached Jax yet, it sure seems like it's coming....things only seem to be getting worse.

[ben says]

95 was at a full stop yesterday morning due to protesters.

[I-10east]

Liberals love race baiting and confusion.

[peestandingup]

I'm a sucker for protests & general disorder to grab people's attention & ripping off the veil, but what exactly were they protesting? Mike Brown?? I saw some of them wearing shirts with "hands up don't shoot". Wasn't it pretty much established that this wasn't true, like at all? If so, then what are they doing??

In my mind, if you're hash tagging saying all lives matter, then going out & shutting down a bridge, walking in the middle of it, etc (which is all incredibly dangerous for everyone) & preventing fire trucks, ambulance drivers etc from saving people, then that's completely hypocritical.

Anyways, it seemed to be just a few kids giving in to social media hype & not thinking critically. Plenty of better ways to do it & get noticed besides endangering others. Why not protest against police & the industrial prison complex in general instead of common every day people. All you're going to do is alienate everyone.

[fsquid]

If it is your 'right' to use the bridge, why can the cops shut it down for traffic control purposes?

Cox v. Louisiana

[coredumped]

I'm a sucker for protests & general disorder to grab people's attention & ripping off the veil, but what exactly were they protesting? Mike Brown?? I saw some of them wearing shirts with "hands up don't shoot". Wasn't it pretty much established that this wasn't true, like at all? If so, then what are they doing??

A lot of people are out there to be in the crowd, that's all.

The ones that are a bit more knowledgeable about the subject want justice. The thing is, they got justice via the grand jury, they just didn't like the decision. I didn't exactly agree with the OJ trial, but it went down how it did, this is the system we have in place in this country.

[ben says]

I love protests.

But, not sure of the utility in making it harder for those trying to get to work......

Liberals love race baiting and confusion.

huh?

If it is your 'right' to use the bridge, why can the cops shut it down for traffic control purposes?

Cox v. Louisiana

If you're a legal dork, you can hear those oral arguments here: http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1964/1964_24

[Jameson]

I'm a sucker for protests & general disorder to grab people's attention & ripping off the veil, but what exactly were they protesting? Mike Brown?? I saw some of them wearing shirts with "hands up don't shoot". Wasn't it pretty much established that this wasn't true, like at all? If so, then what are they doing??

In my mind, if you're hash tagging saying all lives matter, then going out & shutting down a bridge, walking in the middle of it, etc (which is all incredibly dangerous for everyone) & preventing fire trucks, ambulance drivers etc from saving people, then that's completely hypocritical.

Anyways, it seemed to be just a few kids giving in to social media hype & not thinking critically. Plenty of better ways to do it & get noticed besides endangering others. Why not protest against police & the industrial prison complex in general instead of common every day people. All you're going to do is alienate everyone.

"I saw some of them wearing shirts with "hands up don't shoot". Wasn't it pretty much established that this wasn't true, like at all?"

Exactly.

[peestandingup]

The one on the bottom right apparently struck an officer & is being held on felony charges.

No way I'd join this crew. They look clueless.

[Jameson]

Why are they not protesting demanding justice for Thomas McIntree's family?

[I-10east]

^^^+1,000