"Unlawful Assembly" And The Use Of State Power To Violently Break Up Protests

A law meant to be used against violent riots is almost always deployed against peaceful antiwar protests.

An unlawful assembly is the meeting together of three or more persons with the intent to disturb the public peace.

To constitute this offense, it must appear that there was common intent of the persons assembled to attain purpose, whether lawful or unlawful, by commissions of acts of intimidation and disorder likely to produce danger to the peace of neig…