I felt the same way, until the protesters tried to explain away the caltrops, and well, couldn't.

I'm of two minds on this. One one hand, the tactics used by the police seem heavy handed. On the other, I also believe that there are people here to disrupt the RNC by any means available. And blowing tires to prevent people from engaging in the convention pretty clearly crosses the nonviolence line.

Also, kicking in a door for a raid, then boarding up a house because it has a kicked in door is bullshit, no matter how you cut it.