Did you see the introductory note: “Only when the Tea Party showed up on Feb. 18, did the police appear at all stressed.”
It’s those Tea Party types again. Baiters of police! Enemies of the state! A despicable group whose predilection for wanton violence and baseness of character causes the boys in blue to get their backs up!
What a load of tripe. If there was any stress perhaps it’s because there was an opposing group arriving regardless of who got there first.
Not "stressed" so much as uncomfortable, I would wager, because deep in their hearts, they know they are supporting a losing and immoral cause.