You seem to forget here bro, there was no intent of a peaceful protest, the insurgents came armed with whatever weaponry they could get their hands on..........
And it wasn't until the armed insurgents got out of control that the police responded in kind with weapons fire........
Those armed insurgents had been protesting in the Maidan SQ. for Months. Russia’s Puppet Mr. Yanukovych, elected to bring the Ukraine into the EU, instead tried to take the Ukraine back behind the imaginary Iron Curtain that still lives in Putin’s head. Putin has poisoned past leaders, candidates and general opposition with radiation isotopes, lest you forget Alexander Litvinenko, Boris Berezovsky, or Anna Politkovskaya (Murdered on Putin’s Birthday). And now he breaks international law. Try to spin the low info folks, But it won’t work with me. Bro!
Local police my arse, they were paramilitary snippers. Even the UK Telegraph picked up on that.