OK, the footpath in the front of YOUR HOUSE is PUBLIC PROPERTY.
What if 50 hippies pitch 50 tents there for say... 6 months!
The police ask them to move on. THEY DON'T.
Public Property is SHARED PROPERTY - you can't pitch a tent and squat there!
Pepper spray is ideal to dissolve the situation from potential harm.
You simply can't disobey police face to face.
You can't do it on your own.
You can't do it with a few mates.
You might THINK YOU CAN DO IT in a crowd of 50 disobedients
but YOU are escalating the problem, not the police.
When police say DISPERSE it's for a reason!
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