Are the St. Paul police correct to use percussion grenades on anti-America protestors ?

Question

According to the Star-Tribune:

September 3, 2008

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Protests are again expected to mix with politics Wednesday in St. Paul as the Republican National Convention resumes at the Xcel Energy Center.

Jan Nye, 62, of Minneapolis was part of the march and thought it was going well until police used the percussion grenades.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/conventions/27760444.html?elr=KArks:DCiUBcy7hUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

I have decided to make a charitable contribution to the St. Paul Police Foundation in honor of their excellent work in keeping the public safe

http://www.saintpaulpolicefoundation.com/

Answer 1

Yo Phus, they belong to your party

Republicans are divided  

Answer 2

I donated two fire hoses and a case of tazers.  

Answer 3

Personally, I think they should hand cuff everyone of them to a dumpster and make them drag it down the street and clean up the mess they left.  After that, lock them up in the state prison for a week with some dude named Bubba who's looking for a male wife.  

Answer 4

Sure! Matter of fact, they can use TEAR GAS on the filthy little hippies for  all I care.

Answer 5

If you will recall, when there were protestors at the Democratic convention, you celebrated the protestors and blamed the Democrats for their presence.

In fact, you contended at one point that the protests would bring down the whole convention, leaving Hillary Clinton as the nominee.

But I guess you forgot the positions you took just a few days ago.

Answer 6

The police were justified in the force they used.  In fact they showed remarkable constraint.  

Answer 7

Considering how the Democratic activists were acting (throwing rocks/bottles at police, smashing windows, property damage, setting cars on fire, ramming a police vehicle with a trash dumpster that was on fire with police in it)...it's completely reasonable. They were only a few inches shy of a full riot.

Unlike the Republican activists who protested at the DNC and kept the entire event civil and quiet and legal.