Are you ok with people protesting past curfew?

I’m not. Curfews are put in place for safety. Some cities have curfews that are starting too early, that I can see why some people are upset about that, and that should be addressed peacefully to ask for a later curfew, but being able to protest 12–16 hours a day (depending on the city) is sufficient in my opinion. Police need to be able to sleep.

I’m all for allowing people to protest.

I also think some protestors are pushing limits hoping cops will do something aggressive. Purposely breaking curfew in an act of civil disobedience to instigate confrontation with police. It’s no excuse for a cop being violent in any way, but they are human too, and getting overworked to points of exhaustion. Not all police officers are bad. When there is high crime in an area people traditionally want more policing, so the suggestion that people don’t want police around is crazy talk.

I’ve been in big cities like NYC when protests are going on and the police help escort protestors across streets, stopping traffic, watching for the safety of protestors and people in the vicinity.

I’ve seen some of the clips on TV of some police officers doing horrible things, and they should be arrested! I’m not excusing any of that.

Maybe because in the state I live in curfews are not unusual it doesn’t bother me as much as some people. I guess some are worried it’s another scary sign of some sort of authoritarian state. I remember the first time I heard I was living under a curfew I though it was so odd to be happening in America, but in very short order I understood why we had one. In Florida, where I live, it’s usually after hurricanes, but during COVID 4 or 5 counties were under curfew at least a month if not more.