It’s Not The People Who Are Rioting—It’s The Police

If we’re going to speak of rioting protesters, then we need to speak of rioting police as well. Rioting police have driven vehicles into crowds, have surrounded a car, smashed the windows, tazed the occupants and dragged them out onto the ground, and have attacked elderly bystanders, pepper-sprayed cooperative protesters and shot “nonlethal” rounds directly at reporters, causing serious injuries. Why are the police performing police brutality while people protest, well, police brutality