Give me a break. The entire point of protest is some modicum of civil disruption, and during civil disruption there are higher chances of confrontations especially with the presence of opposing provocateurs (which we have video evidence of). If someone assaults someone else they should face the legal ramifications for that, and yet there is always a tone that the entirety of the act of protest is judged to be valid or not based on ANY occurrence of any undesirable activity.
Stop acting like holding the idea of protesting to these lukewarm milquetoast standards of ideal behavior is for any purpose other than to diminish their visibility.
Good grief.