Not even close.
This was cops trying to keep their people safe,
You have a radically different definition of "keeping them safe" than I do. I'm not sure how pointing a gun at someone qualifies as "keeping them safe" in any rational school of thought.
A few snaps on the interwebs doesn’t capture the tenor of the day or the event in any way. Again, I get your point. But I think you’re allowing your political beliefs to twist your interpretation of what went on a bit too much. This was not the Powder House Alarm.