Personally I believe that some of those uniformed law enforcement would rather not have to be there as ordered by their commanders to stand against their fellow citizens.
I think that a few posters agitating for sniper training and armed revolution may sadly for the rest of us end up getting what they want.
I also believe that there could be outside agitators out there on the location that may be placed there by a government agency to encourage someone to do something stupid in order for the government to implement Marshall Law.
That's what we - patriots and defenders of the Constitution - will have to be very, very careful of in the future. I expect more standoffs like this. bammy and crew are itching for an excuse to impose martial law. You think he's bypassing Congress now? Ha!
So yes, in future incidents I would be extremely suspicious of the guy(s) running around the fringes agitating for escalation "We should just take these xxxxers out!" or "I'm not waiting for them to gun down those innocents...I'm going to ..." etc.
They want, they need for us to do something stupid, to give them an excuse. If it comes to a fight, it has to be unequivocally started by them. We basically need every minute of the next confrontation captured on camera, preferably from several angles. For example, GoPros with a good sized memory card can literally record for a couple of hours at a stretch.
Of course, even if we're smart, they are ruthless. I wouldn't put it past them to have a couple of guys on the payroll who would be quite willing to go ahead and take that first shot - at either side. They'll justify it as a sacrifice for (their vision of) the greater good.
They're also here on FR. , trying to catch people on slip-ups of words.