Star Tribune reporter Nick Coleman, noting that most war protesters were well-behaved, said "So it's too bad the spotlight was hijacked by small bands of Ninja-clad street punks who enjoy getting thumped."
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"I saw one protest photographer at Cedar and 7th Streets, snot and spit spewing from his face as he gasped for air and screamed about "fascists." His shirt was off displaying tattoos on his chest that said "Guerilla Warfare" and revolution.""

Street protests are self-defeating. Goons, neo-commies, self-annointed 'fighters for the people,' who have no understanding of either proper behavior or the words they trumpet- like 'fascist'- are always there. Their disruptive tactics erase any message that protests attempt to convey, and must be treated with firmly.
Anyone who has seen these eruptions knows that police cannot run a sort on who deserves arrest and who is a bystander, but must sweep them up, to be dealt with by the judicial system.

The news media exercised admirable restraint, and largely ignored the sideshow.
The conduct of business and the life of St. Paul-Minneapolis can now get back to normal.