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Arizona Civil Unrest

Arizona Civil Disorder

This is a general Thread to Discuss civil strife in Arizona where protests are causing clashes with authorities.

When riots happen in Arizona how are they normally quelled?

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Unrest Civil Arizona

'Black Lives Matter' protesters halt Sanders, O'Malley events:

"Black Lives Matter" Protesters disrupted two 2016 Democratic presidential candidates during speeches in Phoenix on Saturday. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley both had question-and-answer sessions halted at the 2015 Netroots Nation conference. "Say that black lives matter," Demonstrators chanted Ref. Source 6s

Arizona Civil Unrest History & Civil Business Politics

Arizona Senate votes to seize assets of those who plan, participate in protests that turn violent:

Claiming people are being paid to riot, Republican state senators voted Wednesday to give police new power to arrest anyone who is involved in a peaceful demonstration that may turn bad - even before anything actually happened. Ref. Source 3e.

Unrest Civil Arizona

I think that is taking things a bit far. Being able to demonstrate is something that people should be able to do as long as they remain peaceful. If it turns to be violent then arrest those who are violent and leave the peaceful people alone. I believe there may be some truth to the fact that there may be some elements in a protest who are there to incite the others to become violent. Those are the ones we need to watch for and identify so that they can be arrested, charged and no longer in the picture to cause civil unrest.

Unrest Civil Arizona

Yes, way too far. Peaceful protest is a protected right of all Americans. Planning a peaceful protest is part of that. If the protest turns violent due to unforeseen events it shouldn't fall back on the planners. That would be like suing the city engineer because people have an accident at a stoplight when they run a red light. They aren't sticking to the plan. Now, if the plan is for it to turn violent, that's a different case entirely.