shoota - // Andrew, entering the building is trespass, busting into a private function is a breach of the peace. //
Firstly, my name is Andy. Thank you.
There is no information advising that the protestors did anything other than walk through the front door, which does not count as trespass, as I understand the law, but I am of course open to correction on that point.
As for 'busting in' - if that is a breach of the peace, then it is the responsibility of security to restrain the invaders and call the police for them to deal with the situation.
// They had no right or justification to be there. //
Again, no argument.
// Shackle them and exile them I say, and their defenders. //
Well again, we come up against that pesky 'free speech concept there Shoota.
You see, the same rights of free speech that allow you to applaud assault by a man on a woman, also allows her to be defended on here, and elsewhere.
Again, I do not condone the woman's actions, but the fact remains, she presented no apparent threat, she was not asked to leave, she was assaulted by a man considerably bigger and heavier than she was, who then manhandled her out of the room.
The law that prevents the woman from protesting, is the same law that prevents her being violently assaulted.
You can't have it all ways.