there is, or should be at least before this situation reached this level of police/militant state of build up, of a consideration of the over reaction to the perceived self-destructive legislative actions being proposed.
we all felt sympathy, when a singular actor took pride in publicly humiliating someone and said shame shame on the actor and expressed statements of poor poor towards the VCDL leader et al., who got sucked in!
Sorry, it seems once again this individual has gotten publicly sucked in by boogie persons who have not shown up nor do not even need to make an appearance ~ yet hundred of thousands of man-hours and money and judicial/police/militant have drawn numerous lines in the sand over everyone's "what-if rants" coupled with saber rattling back & forth which has been expended over something that has yet to happen!
harsh...perhaps, but somewhere someone should have come to the conclusion this "we've done this for years" social event had gotten way out of perspective over the intended purpose of persuading VA legislative members to possibly not pass legislature we find offending as the event's magnitude grew exponentially as militant/police entered into controlling the event's music and the dance!
this gentleman hopes everyone plays nice and nobody ~ either police or militant attendee, has a mental hair trigger itch which could "inadvertantly" start a devastating debacle ending in loss or injury, both instigator or innocent bystander.
final note...think how the expended taxpayer's $$$$ on this debacle, to date, by the judicial/police/EMS/ad nauseam could have been spent ~ homeless or school lunches or or or all to help the citizen's of the commonwealth state! instead of towards something which the legislature is only proposing!