Mayor Quan, along with a lot of mayors, have decided to dance with the Devil for political purposes. They nurtured this protest, and gave it every opportunity to grow, because they thought the could harness the energy for the benefit of the Democrat Party.
Now, of course, the Beast is going to turn and bite them, as the Beast always does.
I have always tried to hold to Napoleon's maxim, "Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity...". But it is hard to believe than anybody could be this stupid.
Look at how The Slave Party used the racial protests and riots of the 1960s to construct and maintain a permanently indentured constituency with the Great Society. After an example like that, are you telling me that they're so dense as not to see a way to enlarge said powers with "an emergency"? "We just can't hold a legitimate election in a chaotic situation like this." With the country turning against them, they NEED a true class war or else they're done and they know it.
Look at how carefully the commies have been planting the idea that violence is a legitimate response to the economic collapse the left engineered. Notice that they don't care what the grievance is; anything that will keep people sounding off is just fine with them because THEY will supply the "solution" in due time. I promise you: No matter now incoherent is the range of motives found on the street, when said "solution" is proffered it will be the same soundbite nationwide. These people do have email.
They're riding the tiger.