Pretty sure that if you're creating a disturbance on privately owned, commercial property without prior permission or agreement with the property, and you don't leave when your ass is asked to leave, you should be arrested.
Maybe the protesters at the Minneapolis mall had an agreement with the mall. I honestly don't know. But, I have to ask, "what the fuck is the point of protesting at a goddamned mall?" What did the mall do to you? Go and protest on some government property, like the steps of a public building or in front of a police station.
Oh, you mean, it's Minnesota in December and it's cold? Plus, it's Christmas, so the mall is full of normal American capitalists and you'll put on a better "show" there? That's not noble, that's not pride, that's being a damn nuisance.
I recently watched a video with two policemen who shoot a bulldog in a trailer park. I have no idea why these two men were called to deal with this, but from the video, some things were very clear: both of those guys were under 25, neither of them had any experience with large dogs, and they were scared out of their minds. The dog is a standard bull mix, and she's scared, too, and these guys have no idea what to do with her. When they get freaked out by her freaked out behaviour, they shoot her. They don't know what normal dog behaviour is, they don't know how to deal effectively with the dog, and they have guns. That's a bad combination. Maybe they thought the dog was rabid, or had been called on the basis that the dog might be. I don't know, but their reaction in the face of fear is to shoot the thing that scares them.
Whether it's a dog or a person doesn't matter, that's not how anyone should be trained to use a weapon.
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