Try as I might, I can't blame the local PD for what this has become. Sure, the DMs maybe could have been more discreet.....but we don't know where they were best suited to cover their guys on the ground.
It's my contention the local PD did the best they could with a terrible situation and the state troopers did no better despite vastly different tactics (at first). Now the National Guard is being called in and I really don't think they're trained to deal with this if the mob remains violent.