Respectfully disagree and here’s why...
The officer has every right to fear not only for his life, but his family’s as well if his identity is revealed just yet. At some point, it will be, but right now, it serves no useful purpose other than to place him and his in jeopardy.
A show of force towards barbaric behavior is what is called for here...if left unchecked, it only devolves into chaos and can get out of control...see Rodney King riots if you want an example of the police lying low, “de-escalating”, letting the vermin “burn off steam”.
Preventing the vermin from running amok and destroying more private and public property and possibly escalating towards violence is within their mission statement.
I’m amazed at the amount of restraint they have shown so far...I think they’ve done a pretty good job under the circumstances.
agree.