Always starts as a peaceful protest

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Originally Posted by Rajoo

As I said, what constitutes a peaceful protest. Can people spontaneously congregate or do they always need a permit, and we know where that will go, bureaucratic red tape.

Yes they can, and they can continue to congregate until ordered by police to disperse. Police gave an order to disperse and gave folks lots of time to comply. If folks chose not to comply, like the idiot in the picture, they got arrested.