https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...rs/3940441002/

"MINNEAPOLIS – Supporters and protesters clashed Thursday night outside the Target Center after a rally for President Donald Trump.

Some threw urine in the streets and a small fire was quickly extinguished by police.

The protest began in the afternoon with various immigrant, women's and anti-war groups assembling against the president as Trump supporters lined to enter the venue.

Demonstrators blew whistles, chanted and drummed early in the gathering before tensions rose later in the night.

At about 9:30 p.m., a national correspondent for Fox News tweeted a video of protesters burning hats with Trump's slogan, MAGA (Make America Great Again).

Around 10 p.m., a Washington Post national correspondent posted a video of protesters going after a man identified as a Nazi."

Stories like this where the local municipalities don't end up charging domestic terrorists due to politics really begs the need to create a national police force and prosecution arm designed solely to eliminate the threats of violence against those who want to use their 1st amendment rights.

This shouldn't be a right or left thing. It is fine to protest abortion providers but if you step over the line and actually throw urine at women trying to enter the facility you should face harsh penalties. And just because the locality leans Right and refuses to press charges against those harassing women entering Planned Parenthood doesn't mean the criminals should avoid justice. And vice versa as well - just because a DA team is sympathetic to Antifa doesn't mean they should be able to get sweet heart deals (like when antifa professor hitting people in the back of the head with a bike lock getting no jail time).

The advantage of this type of federal police force is many.

1. Eliminates local biases. Both for prosecutors and the police.
2. Eliminates costs for municipalities - who often use that excuse to deny permits for free speech activities that require security due to rampaging leftist mobs.
3. Preserves American freedoms of free expression.

While I'm always wary of federal encroachment of state and city rights since the principal of local government is important, it is clear the current status quo isn't working. No one should have to fear for their safety simply for wearing a Hillary T-Shirt or a MAGA hat. Every rational person should agree to that much at least.