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being patient and letting the lawyers sort it out will not cut it. That's what we've been doing for years and years, and that passivity is what has enabled the Busheviks and police state tactics to become so pervasive. For someone who has lived as long as you have not to know that is remarkable.
The lawyers, of course, will do their business, as they always do, but we can anticipate from experience that this matter will not go to trial; these sorts of things rarely do. There will be a settlement by the cities and counties involved, I doubt it will be more than a few thousand dollars per victim, quite possibly less. That's typical payout. It will have no effect on the law enforcement agencies involved.
What will have an effect is for the city and county officials involved to direct their law enforcement agencies to cease and desist suppression of lawful protest and dissent and to enforce sanctions against law enforcement agencies and officers who persist. That will happen if the people of the juridictions involved demand it.
Whether they will or not, quien sabe?
