Rice urges calm, calls Koran desecration abhorrent

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Originally Posted by jaguar

Then there was the fringe who threw bricks at police, broke windows and generally used it as an excuse to get away with doing criminal damage. I don't think that all of us involved should be judged by their actions, same applies here.

You (generic you) are also judged by who you associate with as well. Self-policing can go a long way towards changing people's opinions. If you don't want people to think you're nothing but a bunch rock throwing thugs then when one of you picks up a rock, you stop him.

This policy works on many, many levels and would go a long way towards reducing the opportunities that law enforcement have to intervene. Reduce those opportunities and the LE won't have a legitimate excuse to step in and crack skulls.