You are so fucking stupid you should have your skull beat flat with a shovel.
The community is PRIVATE. Meaning the homeowners pay for EVERYTHING on their side of that gate. Meaning they own the street, the sidewalks, their lawns, EVERYTHING. They pay out of pocket for police and fire protection and pay the City for sewer, water, and garbage collection.
Once the rioters (not protesters) crossed the gate entrance they were trespassing on private property in every sense of the word. It does not matter if they were supposedly going to the Mayor’s house.
There are a few things of note here: the lawyers know EXACTLY what to say, just like the hero George Zimmerman did and the rioters were fucking cowards when the gun was pointed at them.
So fuck off with your asinine comments about Portland. No one gives a flying fuck what some old dicksucking queer thinks.
There are both pros and cons of living in private gated communities. The primary function of a gated community is to restrict public access. Some have guards at the gates and/or private security companies which offer a variety of levels of service. So yeah the protesters were trespassing in the community once the entered through the gate. Homeowners within the community still have the option of calling the police. They do not have free reign to shoot trespassers.
Who do you think pays for police and fire protection and pays the city for sewer, water, storm-drains, street and park maintenance in non-gated communities? Garbage collection is charged individually because of variables, like size of containers requested and extra hauling. Ever hear of property taxes, levies and fees? In a non-gated community, if the sidewalk need repairs or the city decides to install sidewalks with our without parking strips, the homeowners are responsible for the maintenance there of. In new developments, the developer/builder pays for the installation of all the public services, i.e. sewers, sidewalks, streets, street lights, electricity, gas and cable lines, etc. which is incorporated into the price of the individual properties.