Trump supporters call for Kaine's son and other protesters to be prosecuted

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill


BY OLIVIA BEAVERS - 03/27/17 12:07 PM EDT

Supporters of President Trump called for local officials in Minnesota to prosecute protesters who disrupted a Trump rally earlier this month, including the son of Hillary Clinton's 2016 running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), according to the Twin Cities Pioneer Press.

Protesters interrupted the March 4 rally in St. Paul, blowing air horns, tossing smoke bombs into the crowd and clashing with attendees and security. Five of the protestors were arrested, including Linwood “Woody” Kaine, 24. The sixth protestor received a citation for disorderly conduct, the newspaper reports.

John Choi, Ramsay County attorney, decided there was not sufficient evidence to prosecute the five protestors, but says the investigation is still “active,” according to a statement to the Press. Choi also told the newspaper that he was unaware of Linwood Kaine’s relationship to Tim Kaine when he made the decision not to prosecute.

On Saturday, Trump supporters disgruntled by the lack of charges organized a rally billed as "Protecting Civil Discourse."

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/325921-trump-supporters-call-for-kaines-son-and-other-protesters-to-be

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. They hate democracy, obviously. We really are un-fixable unless these people

educate themselves and grow up.

[gopiscrap]

2. Protecting civil discourse? You have got to be fucking kidding me!!!

Have they watched footage of their trumpenfuhrer campaigning?

[dalton99a]

4. Not to mention the current rash of hate crimes by Trump supporters

[gopiscrap]

5. No kidding

[ProfessorGAC]

3. If The Smoke Bomb Thing Is True. . .

. . .then the protesters went a bridge too far. The airhorn thing, their very presence with intent to disrupt the klan rally is perfectly in line with civil discourse If they threw smoke bombs into the crowd, they shouldn't have.

[Augiedog]

7. Be interesting to see video of who threw what at whom.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Like I Said, Auggie, IF It's True

I'm willing to believe the protesters didn't do that. But, somebody did.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. The use of air horns probably violates a local noise ordinance. NT

No 1A protection, is my guess. IANAL, but I expect that if I set off an air horn, the PD would first ask me to tone it down and then be more persuasive.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Probably True

Still, little actual harm done. The smoke bomb thing could cause a true panic and someone could get hurt.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. There have been Black Bloc protestors at these events

with smoke bombs. They usually show up at most of them in the larger cities.

They were here in Philly with the smoke bombs over the weekend during the MAGA rally and mixed in with other counter-protestors.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Why Am I Not Surprised?

And, what's with the masks? These tough guys afraid to show their faces? I wonder why.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. They do that so they can show up again and again. nt

[Augiedog]

6. Personally I would consider it an honor to be arrested protesting tRump

[msongs]

9. not LBN. nt

[Portland_Anni]

15. Dissent is free speech. Surely Herr Trump is not already at the point of denying people of it...yet.

Not that he wouldn't love to take it away at a whim.