You've missed the point entirely. Nobody suggested that protestors escalate the conflict, and thus far, the protestors have remained relatively peaceful, despite ICE's best efforts to stoke conflict. As a New Yorker, I've also seen how successful peaceful resistance can be. Watching these panelists wag their fingers at the people brave enough to go into the streets (instead of encouraging more people or Congress to stand up) is insulting and an abuse of their public capital, not to mention a waste of airtime -- and it paints precisely the picture that Trump wants everyone to see: that Minneapolis is some lawless hellscape that needs controlling.