Los Angeles considers suing Occupy LA protesters

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/12/occupy-la-lawsuit-financial-damages.html

"The Los Angeles Police Department, which raided the camp Nov. 30 and arrested nearly 300 people, spent an estimated $1.2 million on overtime pay as a result of the demonstration and subsequent sweep, Santana said in his preliminary report. The General Services Department's police force, which patrols city parks and buildings, racked up an additional $335,000 of overtime. Carlos Marroquin, a representative of Occupy L.A., called the figures 'outrageous' and argued that the city should have set aside money for special events and protests. He accused city leaders of trying to make the Occupy movement a scapegoat and described the intense police response, which involved 1,400 officers, as unnecessary."

I saw this in Denver. The police overreact to a peaceful protest by posting way too many resources, then whine that it's costing them so much to police the protest!

Apparently our Constitutional rights are too expensive, so we'll have to pay whenever we utilize them from now on.