The only thing that makes sense to me is that they are flying, not checking a bag and therefore they are unable to bring their poop knife.

Go for a walk. It doesn’t matter how long or how far you go but simply getting up and moving resets your mind. Walk in a different direction, listen to some music, podcast or audio book to change things up.

Just listened to the Outside/In podcast two episode series on the legality of protests. They cover some of what happened at the start of the “Stop Cop City” protests. http://outsideinradio.org/