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the cops (and FBI and homeland security etc.) have their job, their mission and part of that job is to not only protect the public, but also to protect the fine folks at Food not Bombs...
I am NOT saying that these raids were or were not "justified" and, yes, in these times generally, and wrt security for elected officials and political conventions and what any unstopped incident would mean to one's VERY PERSONAL CAREER, be it judge or sheriff or cop, there likely has never been an easier time to get that "get-out-of-jail-free" that-guy-signed-off-on-this-raid warrant.
If there were stinky jurisdictional tresspasses and transgressions... man .... what dorks... what idiots... what Rambos! Too stupid to live.