Wow, way to be completely out of touch with reality. You really think the police should use more force? Hell why not use some hellfire missiles on 'em, right?
When people illegally congregate without appropriate permits for protest, or in violation of curfews, or against peaceful orders to disperse, more action must be taken. When requests to stop looting and destruction of property are ignored, more action must be taken. Your reply makes me think you just want anarchy on the streets to be permitted without any deterrent.
Sorry, but most people do not want that. Most protesters also do not want that. And so yes, the police do need to take more definitive action when other methods have failed. This isn't a radical proposal, it is common sense.
Apply this logic to the protesters. There have been many examples of attempts at change without violence. I don’t like this, but I see why it is happening.
Mayor Jenny Durkan didn't even send the emergency curfew alert much before 5pm. I received it at 5:04pm, and most people I talked to got it after 5pm.
Protestors day one were hurling heavy rocks tens of yards at riot police as they stood. They are constantly being dehumanized - the protestors stand inches away and scream at police. All of this during a pandemic, by the way.
It's obscene to watch the media (CNN in particular) repeatedly claim that these nationwide protests are peaceful, when the police are universally yelled at, belittled, threatened, and dehumanized while stoically standing, and almost all of these riots seem to be accompanied by late night looting. Not to mention, I've repeat fly witnessed protestors belittle police for being black, female, and/or physically small.
I'm not saying there aren't legitimate reasons for protestors to be angry, only pointing out that this notion that police are just antagonizing innocent, peaceful protestors is pure propaganda.
Aside: that I have access to 20 first person perspectives from all sides of a historic event in real time, from the comfort of my home, is a testament to how far humanity has come.
I’ve also noticed that people who are comfortable using the destruction of property to justify the brutalizing of human lives have the unique ability to see looters before and after the clip began and ended, or perhaps just out of frame, or perhaps halfway across the city.