This stuff is a direct result of allowing the Ferguson-inspired protests across the country to block streets, create obstructions, destroy things, threaten people, and gather large groups without permits. The instigators should’ve seen jail time.
Have to disagree with that sentiment. You should not need a permit to "gather" any more than to exercise your other rights under the first or second amendments. It's not the gathering that's the problem, but the behavior it begets. The failure to respond appropriately to the behavior merely encourages more of the same.