As much as some would like to, it can carry an assault charge in a lot of places. Now had someone been injured “tripping” over one, it could bring big bucks law suits against Publix. But looks like it was a one and done since they sort of caved in to the “enormous” pressure of the “hoggalites”. Lucky for Publix now one was injured by these unsafe acts. For customer safety, the LEOs should have removed them from the store.
If I tripped and fell because of that protest, I’d sue hogg.