Right, so any "thug" in an inner city saying the same thing to an officer would carry the same response to attempted arrest .... right? Even if they openly carried?
why do you gotta call them thugs.
And why was the cop making an arrest in your example.
What is arrest worthy in Oregon so far?
Obviously, in the comparison, it would be for breaking the law.
Self defense is a legal term, do you believe someone breaking the law can defend themselves, legally, from law enforcement action? I would wager that every state has a law saying the opposite.
If you aren't talking about in a legal sense, then all resisting arrest is simply self-defense, which is an absurd position to take considering your political stance.
They're protesting. What have they done that is arrest worthy?[/QUOTE]
Wait, what is going on in your scenario? You've admitted they are trespassing, violating law, right? They've been asked to leave, presumably, right? Therefore they can be arrested.
Their response, apparently, is that they will use their weapons as force to resist that arrest.
You've lost all coherence. I think it is pretty well agreed-upon that a person can't resist an arrest (lawful/unlawful, but especially lawful as you admit here), and certainly can't do so violently nor with weapons.