I agree. I really think this is the best thing that could happen.
The free world appears (to me at least) to be in the grip of a terrible cabal.
We need to rip off the bandaid and take care of this or it will fester.
I suspect that said cabal didn’t anticipate the popularity of the protest and thought they could use the “racist” trope to squash it. As it grew, they doubled down thinking themselves to be superior, and powerful enough to end it with fines and loss of licenses and such. A powerful miscalculation as the protesters already had nothing to lose.