The one thing that is clearly known about the G-20 protests over the years, G-8 etc., is that they have always involved assaults on police, arson and property damage.

The police knew the history. For them to be unprepared to face violence would be ridiculous. To believe this female protester came there without expecting a violent confrontation would require naivete of an implausible degree. She was involved in provoking the violence. Had she and her fellow criminal conspirators stayed within the law, no violence would have occurred. Where does the blame really lie?

If you criticize the police without a single word of censure for the people who conspired to join together to create mayhem, it shows you have abandoned any pretense of objectivity.

In a world where police would never have to confront violence, society would have no need of police.

The police have worked for many years to improve their response to violent rioters, and still continue. It’s not as if we’ve returned to the days when machine guns would have been used.

If the police weren’t there, and the G-20 marauders were throwing Molotov cocktails at you, exactly what non-violent methods would you employ to save your sorry self?