The protesters are there on their own initiative to express their own opinion. They should not have to stop because a few bad actors show up and try to hide in

The protesters are there on their own initiative to express their own opinion. They should not have to stop because a few bad actors show up and try to hide in them. It would be like saying no one should go to the market because a few pickpockets use the big crowd to hide in. People don’t go to the market to hide pickpockets. And protesters don’t protest to hide brick-throwers.