Quoted: We have the big fire extinguisher size aerosol "bear" spray that is perfect for Riot situations like that. Next time PW should have a few in hand for defense - semi-non-violent crowd control. Of course, that said, NYC laws probably ban the stuff (same time, maybe the LEOs will look the other way!).
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Not likely. The LEO's tried to keep the PWs separate from the other protestors. From the after action report of a PWer (this is from
Absolut's post, above):
The spot the NYPD put us in was about 100' from the march seperated by barricades which was unacceptable. We started peeling off in groups about every 15 minutes to find a place to enter the march itself while looking like we were giving up.
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The cops aren't dumb. They know that mixing PWs and demonstrators is likely to cause trouble. That's why they separated them. So then they snuck past the cops, got into the crowd, got beat up and the cops had to come in and save their asses from the lefties. If I were LEO I would charge the protest warriors with inciting a riot, cuz that's what they were trying to do!
-Nick Viejo.
ETA: Upon further reaserch I have concluded the PWs were not guilty of inciting to riot as codified in NYS penal law. However...
From
NYS Laws Against Public OrderSection 240.45 Criminal nuisance in the second degree
A person is guilty of criminal nuisance in the second degree when:
1. By
conduct either unlawful in itself or
unreasonable under all the circumstances, he
knowingly or recklessly creates or maintains a condition which endangers the safety or health of a considerable number of persons; or
2. He knowingly conducts or maintains any premises, place or resort where persons gather for purposes of engaging in unlawful conduct.
Criminal nuisance in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor.