"No... NO! This is NOT the Way..."

More detail on that hard-fought battle Friday night between Chicago police and protestors/rioters attacking police and trying to destroy public property in Grant Park.  The police eventually won.

Watch the videos at that link, especially if you live in the suburbs and don't quite understand why Americans reject "lynch mobs" doing street justice, which is really what these people are... trying to overpower police with their massive numbers and violent attacks.

About 18 officers were injured, some of whom were treated at the scene and others at area hospitals, Chicago police spokesman Thomas Ahern said. About a dozen people were arrested and face pending charges ranging from battery to a police officer to mob action, Ahern said. He said the aerosol used by officers was pepper spray.

“Officers were there to not only protect the property, but they were to ensure the safety of the protestors and their First Amendment right to protest peacefully when the crowd turned on the police, literally ambushed the police with all their projectiles,” Ahern said.

Don't you understand yet the safety and security of all rests on authorities maintaining control over mobs?  It's not really about protecting statues at all.  It's about protecting our peaceful and responsible American way of life...

Which side are you on?
If not the police, who?
If not now, when?