' re ▁given ▁the ▁criminal ▁tres pass ing ▁warning , ▁you ▁either ▁comp ly ▁or ▁eng age ▁in ▁civil ▁dis ob ed ience . ▁That ' s ▁what ▁ 3 8 ▁fol ks ▁did ▁yesterday ▁and ▁that ' s ▁why ▁they ▁were ▁arrested ," ▁re aff irm ing ▁his ▁position ▁that ▁" we ' re ▁very ▁kind , ▁but ▁we ' re ▁going ▁to ▁do ▁our ▁job ." ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁press ▁release ▁issued ▁by ▁the ▁Occ up y ▁Austin ▁General ▁Assembly , ▁sp ok esp erson ▁Jonathan ▁C ron in ▁assert ed ▁that ▁" on ▁Th urs day , ▁Chief ▁of ▁Police ▁A ce ved o ▁had ▁addressed ▁the ▁G A ▁and ▁had ▁every ▁opportunity ▁to ▁raise ▁the ▁proposed ▁changes ▁and ▁answer ▁questions ▁about ▁them . ▁His ▁silence ▁about ▁them , ▁followed ▁by ▁these ▁actions , ▁has ▁been ▁taken ▁[ by ▁many ] ▁as ▁a ▁prov ocation ," ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁incident ▁was ▁" ent ire ly ▁out ▁of ▁character ▁from ▁the ▁good ▁faith ▁deal ings ▁we ▁have ▁had ▁with ▁city ▁and ▁police ▁officials ▁until ▁now . ▁Im pos ing ▁these ▁[ new ▁restrictions ] ▁apparently ▁without ▁due ▁process ▁is ▁unnecessary ▁and ▁infl am mat ory ." ▁ ▁Jim ▁Harr ington , ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Texas ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁Project , ▁issued ▁a ▁statement ▁saying ▁that ▁" If ▁the ▁police ▁couldn ' t ▁handle ▁the ▁situation , ▁then ▁it ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁appropriate ▁to ▁bring ▁in ▁a ▁medi ator . ▁It ' s ▁an ▁abs urd ▁waste ▁of ▁tax ▁money ▁to ▁spend ▁police