Tear gas to get people to disperse. Yes, that has always been an an effective strategy in mass protests. “Frank, buddy, this has failed historically 99.9999% percent historically. I want you to be here for the .00001% time it works!!!”

Sometimes the police are in the right, and sometimes they’re in the wrong. Perhaps we should wait for the facts and understand the context of every incident before we begin this knee jerk condemnation of every single action taken by the police.