“Alleged attack”.
This was another “peaceful protest” where statues of the personification of the state motto, “Forward” and a Union soldier were peacefully torn down. When the senator tried to record all of the peacefulness around him, protestors helped him to the ground where he’d be safer.
The strains of Kum Bay Ya played in the background.
If they approach us we have to use whatever we have because they mean violence. It has to be assumed they mean violence.