“the guy is part of the event so they’re already programmed to think the guys in blue are bad”
There’s the problem.
The cops are political now. They were told in advance who the enemy was supposed to be, then a supposed ally to the cause they’re defending showed up with a knife and stabbed all and sundry.
Play fiat games you win fiat prizes.
Ironically the run away female cop is most right here - at least, that’s what normies should have been doing, following her example. She can cop a blade in the neck for all I care but unarmed normies should have left this alone.
Armed normies is a different story.