This is 100% about the communist politicians and the elites in this country using mob rule to get done what they want to avoid that whole pesky law / procedures / democracy business.
The police are just standing around letting it happen because they have been ORDERED to let it happen by those that control their pay / retirement packages.
What do you want to bet that if some conservative types at the same time started tearing down some MLK Lenin statues say in Washington state, those same "stand around and let it happen" police would suddenly be front and center putting a stop to it with all the force they needed and hauling people off to jail to face charges?
Why the difference?
The Communist Political Elite is why!
We've let the Communist / SJW / Progressive filth get their hands on the levers of power and they are the ones giving the orders, both to the mob and to the police.
Time to stop worrying about the pawns and just jump the board to go after the ones in the back.
Unfortunately it may have to come down to having to "explain" to the "following orders" types to sit that one out just like they were ordered to for the others.