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Originally Posted by donquixote99
'You think those houses would still be standing?' Is ill-informed opinion at best.
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I admit I made a mistake: I did not realize that the gate was open prior to the protestors passing through it. At the same time, it is reasonable that the McCloskey's believed the protestors forced entry through the gate; ergo, there cannot be a felony conviction because that requires "beyond reasonable doubt" that they weren't on the brink of their property being trespassed on and assaulted by the protestors.
Society has a solution for preventing these kinds of confrontations: getting a permit from the city to protest. To my knowledge, the protestors had no such permit; ergo, the McCloskey's had every right to be concerned especially given the context of rioting and looting from the news at the time.
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Originally Posted by donquixote99
And there's actually a strong whiff of race baiting here.
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You're the first to bring up race in this discussion. Pray tell us why.