The entire scene is beginning to take us in a very dangerous direction, equivalent to third-world political operating mode. Generally, this means if you intend to better the lives of the common people and free them from almost direct slavery, you end up dead. Once that point is reached through violence, it never ends. All of this is due to a vacuum of Biblical values.
The left is capable of so much more than this. Prodding their enemies to get a reaction is ugly, but lightweight. Burning tires around the necks of their enemies is what serious leftists do.