Protesting on public land is perfectly fine. Doing it on private land, with the owner's permission, is hunkey-dory too. I am completely against requiring a permit to do it. You should be able to speak your mind without government interference.

However, when you walk into oncoming lanes of traffic, you are breaking a shitload of laws, endangering yourself AND the people in the vehicles, impeding the flow of traffic (which might include emergency vehicles), and of course, your behavior would be the definition of disorderly conduct. Your ass deserves to be thrown in jail.

Also, why is this happening on Saturday? All the financial institutions are closed for the weekend. Sounds to me like a bunch of hipsters from Brooklyn getting hammered and going out to have some fun.