General Discussion

I've been to so many protests that I am fairly experienced and I am a good judge at estimating the crowds and the overall atmosphere. We are pretty smart and we know when and how to control ourselves as well as provocateurs and instigators. In fact, the only time I witnessed any safety concerns was at an anti-tRump protest at the beginning of 2017, just starting the tRump term.

There were 2 "proud boys" and this was before anyone even heard of them. They were trying to drown out the speakers at the rally with bull horns and whistles. A city council member called on the sheriffs to take care of their disturbance. I went over to where they were speaking with the officers and apparently they drove down from LA to San Diego with the purpose of causing problems. They were disappointed. I've never seen anything similar at the over 30 protests I've attended since then.