THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOR COULD BE PROSECUTED AS A CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, IF ANYONE HAD THE GUTS: Schuette: 40 ‘thugs’ attack Midland home.

Lansing — Attorney General Bill Schuette’s office says 40 “thugs” attacked his Midland home Wednesday afternoon by pounding on the windows and doors while his wife was home alone in protest over a controversial oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac.

Michigan State Police troopers assisted Midland police in responding to the scene at Schuette’s home, but “the crowd eventually dispersed and no arrests were made,” state police spokeswoman Shanon Banner said Wednesday.

“This was a cowardly assault by professional protestors whose car license plates mostly appeared to be from out of state,” Schuette spokeswoman Andrea Bitely said in a statement.

The protesters beat on the front door of the Schuettes’ home for about 30 minutes, Bitely said.

“Based on how violent the beating of the front door sounded from inside, Mrs. Schuette believed during the attack that the goal was to break the front door down,” Schuette’s spokeswoman said.

You’ve got the license numbers. If nothing else, sue them for trespass. And can you imagine the national uproar if, say, Tea Party protesters had done this to a Democratic politician?