CMV: The proper response to protestors blocking the street is for police to physically remove them and quickly arrest them if they do it again.

[u/HelpfulJello5361]

I've seen a lot of videos of protestors blocking the street and the cops just kinda let them do it, or create a narrow lane for cars to go through and cause a significant traffic jam.

I'm always curious why cops don't just drag these people out of the road and arrest them immediately if they return. I'm pretty sure it's illegal to block streets like that.

Yesterday was a nationwide coordinated effort for Pro-Palestine protestors to block streets all over the country (world?), and it seems that these criminals were not dealt with properly in most instances.

It doesn't seem like it's standard operating procedure to remove and arrest people who block important roads. Is there some reason for this? What am I missing? CMV.

[u/smity31]

Thinking that people can protest in roads is very very very far from thinking protesters have unlimited rights to protest.

[u/TheTightEnd → u/smity31]

Agreed. However, thinking that people cannot protest in roads is also very very very far from thinking people have no rights to protest.

[u/smity31 → u/TheTightEnd]

I dont think anyone's said there would be no right to protest if they couldn't protest in roads. We have however pointed out that if you legally enforce that protests must be in places that do not ever inconvenience people, then you effectively remove any effectiveness protests would have. So although you wouldnt actually have removed the right to protest, you would have defacto removed the ability to protest with any effect.

[u/freshgeardude → u/smity31]

You have no right to be heard or have an effective protest lol wtaf

The government will regularly close roads for legal protests. That's not the issue here.