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Re:A brief history of government efforts to stop people from... by ralfd on Saturday October 05, 2019 @03:47AM (#21164282)
It would be schizophrenic though for the state to sanction physical force, but on the other hand allow defense against it?

From the theory of the monopoly of violence a clash with the police (or Army) shouldn’t be a fair fight.

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Re:A brief history of government efforts to stop people from... by hutzlibu on Saturday October 05, 2019 @05:21AM (#21164567)
The thing is, there are often protests, where a majority wants to protest peaceful, but a handful of radicals want to escalate which they sometimes manage.

Now when you only wanted to demonstrate, but are now in the middle of a clash with various things flying around, it should not be illegal, to protect your head.

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