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During an anti-Trump “resistance training” session/liberal whinefest held on Saturday, ACLU attorney Leigh Rowland encouraged activists that “intentionally breaking the law” can be “powerful acts of resistance” against policies they don’t agree with.
Rowland was at the town hall-style event to advise anti-Trumpers on how to protest without getting curb-stomped by a cop, all as part of a larger effort to train average Joe Shmoes how to "resist" Trump's policies.
While spitting in the face of the law isn’t legally defensible, she added, it certainly can be “powerful.”
“What we’re not talking about today is intentionally breaking the law or engaging in civil disobedience,” she explained. “Those may be powerful acts of resistance, but if you choose them, I want to make sure that’s a considered choice, and that you know the Constitution may not protect you against that kind of action.”
“Intentionally breaking the law” has been a common running theme for anti-Trump leftists over the past few months. From breaking windows and assaulting pro-lifers on Inauguration Day to rioting against conservative speakers at college campuses, blocking emergency vehicles on the highway and even excessive littering at the Women’s March, it appears that breaking the law has become an accepted part of just about any liberal demonstration.
If they're not looking to book time in the county jail for felony rioting, Rowland encouraged anti-Trump activists to protest lawfully in the streets, sidewalks and parks – advising them that while they can’t legally block traffic, they should make a general nuisance of themselves and annoy other citizens going about their day.
“We want to disrupt with our dissent,” she claimed, adding that “the government can’t censor you just because it disagrees with your opinion.”
Rowland also took a moment to slam police officers who are charged with things like stopping armed robbers (skin color be damned) and making sure an ambulance can get across an overpass without being held up by a masked anarchist. If you do find yourself being confronted by an officer for being a boil on the butt of sociey, Rowland advises that you simply record everything.
“A lot of law enforcement officers will lie about this right, will tell you you cannot monitor them, will tell you you cannot record. That is not true.
“You know your rights. Go out and exercise them. Dissent. Do it safely. Ideally have fun doing so,” she encouraged, before ending with a solid “Fight the power!”
What a stand-up gal.