It seems to me that protestors, of whatever political stripe, need to understand that civil disobedience cannot be without consequences. It is part of the process of civil disobedience (i.e. disregard of the law as a form of protest against perceived injustice) that one accepts legal sanctions as its cost. Otherwise, the very principle of the rule of law would have to be abandoned. Therefore, if I protest some state measure by intentionally breaking the law, I accept that it is right for the state to respond within the law to my 'criminal' act. After all, it is my _aim_ to shame the public by the obviously unjust treatment of a 'peaceful' protestor -- my protest wouldn't have any bite otherwise. For instance, if I ignore a legal order to disperse, I can't then complain if I am arrested or jailed. But these protestors want to have their cake and eat it too. That's not how it works.