What are some of the best examples of ‘Fuck Around and Find Out’ throughout history?

In Canada, anti-vaccine mandate protesters occupied downtown Ottawa, were told to leave a million times but kept insisting they were running the show and no one was stopping them. The prime minister invoked the emergency measures act and arrested hundreds of people and froze their bank accounts. Suddenly the narrative went from ‘we run the show’ to ‘we are victims’. Pathetic really