A similar question could be raised about why they're overwhelmingly brutalizing and arresting (not necessarily in that order) peaceful protesters rather than "l

A similar question could be raised about why they're overwhelmingly brutalizing and arresting (not necessarily in that order) peaceful protesters rather than "looters" who even when they're not actually undercover cops are allowed to loot without interference. We know the police are not smart or well-organized enough to have some sort of national master plan. So, either these choices reflect local incentives that are intelligible to officers on the scene but not to us on the outside, or their decision process is so degraded that they don't possess the ability to act in even their own best interests. Can we please just fire all these clowns already?