Bloomberg doesn't need a court order to arrest people. That's backwards. First, you arrest people. Then, you take them to court. The court then decides whether they go to jail or go free.
I have not watched the videos so don't have an opinion about any specific act. But, as a general rule, if the police give you an order, and you disobey, and a physical confrontation begins, it is going to escalate.
As I tell my kids, "don't ever mouth off to a cop." They've got guns, and steel batons, and body armor. Also, the personality type is selected for people who are willing to engage in physical confrontations with bad guys, and do so, every day. When trouble starts, most people run away. Cops run towards trouble. Their job is to make it stop. Adrenaline makes for fight or flight. I am hard wired for flight, myself. Cops are hard wired to fight.
I also tell my kids, "if your civil rights are being violated, wait, and tell it to the judge." Telling a cop, "I know my rights" won't get you anywhere, especially when they are hyped up on adrenaline.
I posted upstream some very good advice from the National Lawyer's Guild. Nonviolence is the only option.
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