The point of a protest rally is to show elected officials that people are organizing against them. Staten Island is the only area of NY City that has elected Republican city council members, so they are being punished excessively for their rebellion. It also lets the Sheriff know that people are mad, and it's a great opportunity to remind the cops that are standing there that they are destroying the lives of people by enforcing unconstitutional "laws".

That's all protests ever do. The point of a protest rally is to show elected officials that people are organizing against them. Staten Island is the only area of NY City that has elected Republican city council members, so they are being punished excessively for their rebellion. It also lets the Sheriff know that people are mad, and it's a great opportunity to remind the cops that are standing there that they are destroying the lives of people by enforcing unconstitutional "laws".

That's all protests ever do. The point of a protest rally is to show elected officials that people are organizing against them. Staten Island is the only area of NY City that has elected Republican city council members, so they are being punished excessively for their rebellion. It also lets the Sheriff know that people are mad, and it's a great opportunity to remind the cops that are standing their that they are destroying the lives of people by enforcing unconstitutional "laws".

That's all protests ever do. The point of a protest rally is to show elected officials that people are organizing against them. Staten Island is the only area of NY City that has elected Republican city council members, so they are being punished excessively for their rebellion.