Quantum Windbag
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No the idea is to violate other people's rights which is wrong when you want to exert your right to free speech you don't trample on other people's rights...
If the idea is to break the law and become a criminal do not complain when you are treated just like a criminal and get pepper sprayed.
You really are missing the point.
Gandhi's intent was to break the law in order to draw attention to a perceived injustice. The British Empire responded by using deadly force to break up the protests, and lost in the long run.
Martin Luther King's intent was to break the law to draw attention to a perceived injustice. The authorities responded by using firehouse and billy clubs, and lost in the long run.
These protestors were going nowhere until a couple of cops overreacted to what was happening, now there are enough people there to shut down traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge. If the police overreact again they will end up loosing. The problem is not the protests, it is how the government reacts to them.