“Sad that they have to bring protection just to exercise their 1st Amendment rights.”
Nothing in the article connects them to hanging the posters.
One more easily infers they were exercising their “first amendment rights” with spray cans, not “hanging posters”.
Big Media believes association is causation when necessary.
Honestly, if they were spraypainting surfaces that are not theirs, I would be fine with police intervention. I view that as vandalism, but with the caveat that leftists are disciplined for it as well.
Also, I find it very hard to side with people who have masks on their faces. I have a major issue with that.