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The police will go to elaborate lengths (concealment, working in packs, helicopters, radar, laser) to catch a speeder, but they won't bust a bunch of potheads assembled in a large convenient group, openly violating both state and federal law?

This is an act of civil disobedience. It is a national tradition we have in this country to fight evil and unjust laws. The cops were outnumbered 10000 to 17. Not much they could do.

It would be like 10000 speeders all going down the freeway speeding at once. They wait until its over and then go back to picking them off one at a time.

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This is an act of civil disobedience

B.S. Civil disobediance is an act taken as a last resort. The Founders tried every possible legal avenue available before resorting to it.

How many of these "evil fighters" even vote? How many have written their representatives? Organized petitions to redress grievances? Tried to convince their fellow citizens of the rightness of their cause?

There's nothing noble about breaking the law because you don't like it or because its somehow cool.

Every right comes with responsibility. When they've exhausted the responsible means to change laws in a democratic society, then and only then, do they have the right to break those laws and even at that point, they should still be arrested and turned over to the court system.