He was stupid in both pointing his weapon at them and saying what he did. If he was the guy on the top of the truck, then he was positioned badly by his superiors.
The whole initial deployment of police was an absolute disaster and showed no knowledge of how to handle a mob.
Shit! I was lecturing on this problem in the 1970’s to fellow FBI, police and SS classmates.
why were there so many AR type rifles present?
usually the police don’t show one unless there is a shooter
at large, otherwise there is too much risk all round.