Commentary: What was the intent of that ‘protest’?

Sherman R. Frederick

Marinscope

I’ll be writing on this in the upcoming Novato Advance/Marinscope newspapers. Tune-in then for more.

In the meanwhile, let me get this straight: The organizer of the protest above said that there was no intent to  vandalize the Junipero Serra statue on church grounds in San Rafael. People just got worked up and things got out of hand.

That’s a bold contention.

That would imply that in the middle of the protest someone said: “Hey, I’m really worked up now. Let’s go to Home Depot and get some red paint and straps and pull this statue down. Who’s with me?”

Of course, that’s not what happened.  Protesters came to the “protest” with cans of red paint and straps.

I’m no lawyer, but I’d say that goes to intent.