Maybe if the police didn't kill anybody none of this would have happened.
> direct assault on police
The citizens are showing exactly the same restraint of the police?
> and elected representatives
There's a joke that goes something like, "When did the French Revolution end? Soon!"
The kid's dead. Settle the issue with the police in court, but keep the innocents out of this. People are far too focused on what's already lost, while ignoring what's about to be lost.
What I find ironic is that the French Revolution, with its execution of the previous government, gave birth to the conditions for modern property rights to exist [0].
I find it double ironic since my country is founded from a riot triggered by state violence [1].
[0]: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/james-c-scott-seeing...