[DoughtyOne]

I may get some guff for this, but it seems they could make some park the official protest area.  Make them get permits.  Perhaps make them post a bond based on the numbers they expect to attend.  Then let them hold their rallies.

Hold the permit holder responsible for what takes place.

At this point, the legit protests have pretty much run their course.  (long past IMO)  This is just grandstanding by special interest groups.  Let it continue, just set up some parameters that will make it tougher to game the situation.

[Viking2002]

No guff, just an idea one better: let 'em protest inside a closed prison and lock the gate behind them.

[Ray76]

The Organization for Black Struggle "about page" says their program is based upon the Black Freedom Agenda that was introduced at the founding of the Black Radical Congress in 1998 and ratified in 1999.

This is their "Freedom Agenda"

1. We will fight for the human rights of Black people and all people.
2. We will fight for political democracy.
3. We will fight to advance beyond capitalism, which has demonstrated its structural incapacity to address basic human needs worldwide and, in particular, the needs of Black people.
4. We will fight to end the super-exploitation of Southern workers.
5. We will struggle to ensure that all people in society receive free public education.
6. We will struggle against state terrorism.
7. We will struggle for a clean and healthy environment.
8. We will fight to abolish police brutality, unwarranted incarceration and the death penalty.
9. We will fight for gender equality, for women’s liberation, and for women’s rights to be recognized as human rights in all areas of personal, social, economic and political life.
10. We will fight to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are recognized and respected as full and equal members of society, and of our communities.
11. We support affirmative action.
12. We will fight for reparations.
13. We will struggle to build multicultural solidarity and alliances among all people of color.
14. We will uphold the right of the African American people to self-determination.
15. We support the liberation struggles of all oppressed people.

[Nervous Tick]

>> I may get some guff for this, but it seems they could make some park the official protest area.

You won’t get any guff from me by standing up for a group’s right to protest peaceably (although I don’t agree with what they are protesting).

However I will respectfully point out that it won’t work.

They are NOT INTERESTED in peaceful protest. They WANT to break the law. No matter what you do to “help” them protest lawfully, they will ignore your efforts and find some way to screw over society and gum up the works with ILLEGAL activities.

Illegality defines their very being.

A pox on them.

[Pining_4_TX]

They won’t do that. Their intention is to provoke the police and increase the level of violence. Well, that, and get free stuff.

There is one thing that will stop these protests...winter. I wonder sometimes if the authorities plan to hold off on announcing the results of the Grand Jury investigation until mid-January.