I have a particular distaste for these people. I do not deny people the right of assembly and free speech, but when I see people like this (as the picture below I took at a protest in Washington DC) I have no tolerance for it.
If I were not a law abiding citizen, I would have liked to rip those bandanas off their faces and kick them in the asses.
If you show up to a rally with your face covered (as I understand it that is illegal) the assumption is you will be violent. In that case, the police have every right to use everything non-lethal in their inventory to prevent violence.
Just once I want to see that “vomit machine” and “heat machine” which was shown on some weapons show a while back. Get the whole bunch of them puking.
And I’m sure that it has crossed your (and pretty much most FReeper’s) mind that as long as a Democrap is in Office, there are no protests like this, even in worse circumstances (talking about the anti-war idiots).