I almost posted something snarky without double checking myself but I stopped in time and just want to establish a base-line for this thread before I go stomping on toes with my size 12EEE's.
The impression I'm getting from several posters here is that if a person's politics differs significantly enough from one's own it is thus entirely tolerable that this person to be physically harmed, specifically in this case to be struck in the face with a rifle launched tear gas canister, and then his first responders be driven away by an explosively dispersed tear gas grenade, without any regard for any particular laws, policies, or constitutional rights.
Is this a correct impression?