I respectfully but strongly disagree. They were blocking traffic. Every single one of them on I-35 should be hauled off to jail. Impeding traffic flow on a limited access highway is not being peaceful. On the other hand, your other two points do make sense.
Exactly right. The dimmies/leftist are once again trying to redefine the law. Peaceful demonstrations are what the Tea Party did.
Blocking roads, or blocking entrances to buildings are NOT peaceful demonstrations. They have no right to do that. The term for that is civil disobedience - and people have often been arrested for that.
Smashing windows is vandalism. Throwing rocks at people is assault. Breaking windows and stealing TVs is breaking and entering/looting. Setting fires is arson. All are illegal acts and they should be locked up and prosecuted.
Peaceful being relative - that’s annoying and obstructive, yes. But they’re also not running around shooting people, looting stores and burning buildings.