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Yes, protesters blocking things is generally where their rights stop, but disorderly conduct is a better charge.

We've got a whole summer of court precedence which says that protesters can block roads with zero consequences. I think that ship has sailed.

Except a ot of people were arrested , pepper sprayed, beat up, etc.

So if the summer BLM a protests are the standard, let’s have the cops pepper spray these people with riot gear, best them up, and arrest them as well.

It doesn't say they were "blocking" the entrance, it says they gathered at the entrance holding signs.

Let's be fair, as long as they were peaceful, they were perfectly within their first amendment rights whether you agree with their message or not (i.e. the entire point of the first amendment).

That's a really good point. The strongest statement the article had was "stalling hundreds of motorists," and the shutdown was "as a precaution." It's not clear if the gathering or the shutdown "stalled" the motorists.

Sloppy reporting; it's really easy to read that and picture protesters blocking the driveway.

Their rights here should be pretty easy to sort out; they just have to follow the same rules as abortion clinic protesters.

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