Of course they are. Protests are media agents first and foremost. Entrenched power has always tried to suppress unfavorable media coverage of protest events, an

Of course they are. Protests are media agents first and foremost. Entrenched power has always tried to suppress unfavorable media coverage of protest events, and protest planners put a lot of effort into optics. This doesn't make it right, but given that cops are social groups looking after their own interests, it's hardly surprising.