Dry run, that's for next time. Seriously, these are insurgents, they have trained for this apparently for a long time. Same with fireworks activity (to assess response, get complacency so when they do armed incursion there will be no rapid response), the "standard" riot gear (notice everyone has a skateboard (shield, weapon), who knew everyone was a skateboarder). This is a well planned, well organized Marxist insurgency.
“This is a well planned, well organized Marxist insurgency.”
Yes. Planned for decades.
Wonder how Bill Ayers keeps busy these days...
Christians, whites, conservatives, patriots, laws and LEOs are now under active attack from enemies within. They have declared war.
Nope. Mob of “yots” organized over social media. Someone got the bright idea to send a false police report to lure officers to the scene. Embolden by their numbers and the anonymity of the crowd, they attacked the officers then fled when reinforcements were called in.
Remember the mall riots last summer? This is the same thing being organized the same way except now the targets are the racist police instead of the racist malls. The mall riots ended when some people were shot dead. That’s how these will end (along with the statue attacks and the burnings) as well, when rioters are being shot dead - probably by the National Guard. (Because Democrat city mayors lack the spine necessary to actually rule when it involves disciplining unruly citizens.).
Had there been a small and directed lethal response to suppress the rioting early on, the demonstrations would have remained demonstrations. The lack of severe and immediate consequences embolden the agitators and criminals in the crowds and turned demonstrators into rioters. Shooting (dead) a few of the professional agitators probably would have pervented the legitimate protests from being compromised and conflated with lawlessness. The civil rights movement of the 1960s was successful because it was determinedly and heroically peaceful.
As for Tampa, capture all the mob organizing data from the social media websites for criminal investigative purposes then get a conspiracy injunction alleging aiding and abetting a riot to shut the sites down. Make the shutdown specific to the city and time of day. In other words, end the ability to use cellphones to organize the mob and direct it. Declare large assemblies unlawful, declare a curfew and, most important, enforce it.