When I watched the video, I felt sorry for the cop. He didn’t do anything that I wouldn’t have done under similar provocation. I cannot imagine what it is like dealing with those assholes all night long...
The officer has been suspended and may face charges.
He was stupid in both pointing his weapon at them and saying what he did. If he was the guy on the top of the truck, then he was positioned badly by his superiors.
The whole initial deployment of police was an absolute disaster and showed no knowledge of how to handle a mob.
Shit! I was lecturing on this problem in the 1970’s to fellow FBI, police and SS classmates.