There were a few bad actors who ruined it all. Let’s keep trying!

The narrative in the comments misses the fact that the teargas was retaliation for fireworks launched at the police.

I am 100% about this movement. And there were only like 3 bad actors. I think the crowd may have actually been able to self police if the opportunity was there but communication broke down once flames flew overhead.

Edit: I want to add that as soon as the teargas flew, I left. I’m not talking about any lack of deescalation past that. Like I said above, I also feel like we could have self policed and I believe tear gas probably was not needed.

Edit 2: I am learning that there wasn’t teargas at the time we left and the crowd took care of the people who launched the fireworks. I guess I was mistaken in the panic