[IncPen]

The revolutionaries know that getting rid of city police forces is their path to victory.

One imagines a scenario— maybe not in Seattle—where the populace blocks that path.

With vigor.

[chrisser]

One imagines a scenario— maybe not in Seattle—where the populace blocks that path.

The default conclusion by most people appears to be that the police are keeping the protestors from the "rest of us".

But it's more likely true that that the police have actually been protecting the protestors from the vengeance of the "rest of us".

I feel a little sorry for the protestors. I don't think they realize what they're in for.