I wouldn't be surprised if there's actual collaboration, in addition to sympathetic many cops, BUT almost whenever cops get overwhelmed they pull back in a way that looks like they're allowing what's going on https://twitter.com/cevansavenger/status/1346920924310867968
They're following orders and a strategy and that strategy is not "Fight to the death" it's "Run away if things look bad". They do run from us like this too.
It's like during the uprising when there were police standing around watching the looting so it looked like they were allowing it, but what were they gonna do? They can't just start shooting, and they're not gonna tussle at that point...
Not saying the police treat everyone the same strategically, but people seeing that video like "Holy shit, the police switched sides!" that's not what's happening there
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