Just before it happened the guys on the front line with her started asking each other out loud if they were willing to take a beating that day for their country. They all said yes we’re going to take a beating today. Then I guess it ticked off the cops and they started with the horses.
Reminds me of one of the first scenes in Dr. Zhivago when the Czar’s cavalry charges the unarmed protestors in St. Petersburg. The Czar won that battle, but the series of events did not turn out well for the Czar.