If you have to shoot some mostly peaceful looters, do not call the police, because they will arrest YOU.
Shoot, shovel and shut up.
Even if you are in the right, you will be arrested. Unless you can claim you belong to pantyfa or #bm. Then you’re good to go.
Just say you’re a peaceful protester.
Each cop will have to choose their side, and it will be remembered by the locals (Trump supporters, conservatives, Constitutionalists, hunters, retirees, military, ex-military, patriots...at least half the populace).
Will they choose wisely?
(Tyrants-at-heart almost always do not.)
Don’t forget to buy a few sacks of lime.
And plant a tree on top of the site. The tree will love the nutrients, and the tree justifies the dig site. Even looters can provide benefits for your garden.
Shoot to kill. DO NOT get lured out of your safe place to “render aid’...These people are our MORTAL enemies, so don’t weaken now.