Originally Posted by Brother of Yeshua

At the very least someone else could have asked them to stop. Or rallied other people to decry the police's actions.

The threat of a mob telling you to stop what you are doing can potentially be enough to disengage the weaker hearted law enforcement agents (and these guys didn't exactly seem like the cream of the crop).

In one of the videos, at least one person was shrieking "oh my god what are you doing?" or something like that, but a hysterical woman screaming doesn't really encourage anything except the fear and chaos being created by the situation.

I hope if I'm ever put in this kind of situation, I will have the courage to stand up, even if I stand alone.