You're right- they won't. They'll drive around in flak jackets and helmets in Humvees with empty weapons, ammo all the way up at battalion or someplace, hands tied with a 'don't actually DO anything' ROE, and be an empty-threat show of force.
But But But.....the Mayor said they were giving them space to destroy if they wished that...Here’s her words spoken as she spoke them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_5KQC7k8Lc#t=43