The police themselves weren't threatening to lynch anyone, but there was a mob of hundreds of people gathering who appeared to intend a lynching. I see no indic

The police themselves weren't threatening to lynch anyone, but there was a mob of hundreds of people gathering who appeared to intend a lynching. I see no indication that the black men conducted any violence and simply being armed is perfectly legal in the US, as modern-day right wingers love to emphasize when the people doing it are the right color, and they attempted to leave peacefully after seeing that there was not imminent danger of a lynching.