Last night was the first time they were doing what they SHOULD have been doing all along.
Flood the area with uniforms, let the locals vent, and crack heads on the looters, troublemakers.
If they had done this, instead of the militarized over-response after the original problems, we wouldn’t be where we are today.
I disagree. If they hadn’t done exactly what they did each day, many people would have been injured and it would have gone completely out of control.
The DOGS worked. Kept the crowd and cops from coming in physical contact.
The SOUND CANNONS worked. It shut people up and made them back away. If not , they had a line of people that kept moving forward and their intention was to make physical contact and force the cops to hurt or kill someone. Anyone. They didn’t care. They are prepared to be Martyrs. And they want it LIVE on TV.
The TEAR GAS worked. The SMOKE BOMBS worked.
Later in the week, as more of the unsavory crowd came in from out of town , they resorted to spotting and nabbing just the extremists.
THAT WORKED.
Everything worked and very very few were injured. Pretty good for a WEEK+ Protest/riot/looting affair.