Last I checked the Dep of Homeland Security was teaching the police how to "deal" with the protesters. So there you go. The police has also become very militari

Last I checked the Dep of Homeland Security was teaching the police how to "deal" with the protesters. So there you go. The police has also become very militarized in the last few years, which is probably one of the fundamental reasons why the police reacts like this against their own non-violent citizens, too. In their minds these citizens are the "enemy".