“group of someones” that can exert force”
Self-governance requires reasonable self-policing. Enforcing a reasonable community standard is indeed a local responsibility. The situation and the event at hand demanded some basic behavior. A man took out the trash. It didn’t rise to the level of needing to call the authorities.
Sorry, we’ll have to disagree. I don’t believe you have the right to assault someone because they disagree with you.
Here’s the first amendment:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
I realize that some people don’t think we should have one, but we do. It include a right to assemble, a right to speak, and a right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. While there are a lot of OWS goings on that are criminal, I want to know if speaking at a public meeting is one (a criminal act). Whether it is or not, we still have assault. And it’s still wrong. Defending YOUR person or property is one thing, physically attacking someone because you don’t like what they’re doing is another. This obviously isn’t the first case, sorry if you think assault is the appropriate way to get what they want. I don’t like leftists.