Organized protest and civil disobedience are always done at risk of backlash.

But organized interference with the right of the people to peaceably assemble is a little too sacred to be entrusted into the hands of Chiefs of Police, who often don't think beyond the rude logistics.

We can count as a blessing they weren't at risk of their lives, as they would be in Iraq.

Ramsey will probably go down with Selma's own Theophilus Eugene "Bull" Connor as an icon of over-zealous police control, regardless of the justifications. THe intent to commit a crime is not grounds for arrest, prosecution, or any other civil action until the intent is manifested in action.

I shudder to think what my life would be like if I was held liable and actionable for all the criminal acts I have contemplated committing, including the radical elimination of assholes and the transporting of minors across state lines :>).

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