Defiant1
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No right winger has ever seen a mass protest they didn't want to sick the dogs on. Nothing frightens/enrages them more than the rabble getting uppity.
You missed the part about these protesters throwing objects (including beer bottles) at police and police horses--many of which hit the intended targets--and physically assaulting Trump supporters leaving the rally. The cops just sat there and took it, barely reacting after objects hit them. I saw one "protester" who was wearing a bandana on his face push a person who was leaving the rally, whacked him on the head to knock his hat off, and then when the guy leaned over to pick up his hat, several people crowded around him shouting at him while the initial protester pushed him in the back and then got up in his face (about an inch away) taunting him to throw a punch.
I honestly don't know how he kept his cool, other than perhaps the realization that he was surrounded by a crowd of people jumping up and down, shouting at him, waiting for the first instigation to turn it into a group beating.
The cops were so outnumbered (and many of them were very small women) there was nothing they could have done to control the situation in a timely manner if full blown violence did erupt. I did see what seemed to be pepper spray deployed a couple of times, but I'm uncertain if that's what it was considering it had no effect on the unprovoked physically aggressive acts by the crowd
That's what guns are for.