They were there to get arrested. You should probably study the history of public protest a little more deeply before you comment on things like this. And teabaggers get hassled by cops? HAA, you're kidding right? Tell me, Vida daahhlink, if an armada of black people showed up to a protest on the Mall in D.C. carrying loaded firearms and waving signs about the Tree of Liberty needing to be Watered with the Blood of Tyrants, how long would they last?