The Chinese did the same thing during the Tianamen Square protests back in '89
Those protests were more peaceful.
I cannot defend violent rioting. I also cannot defend using violence to stop them.
"This isn't some civil trial where all positions, all propositions, are equally valid until a judge decides which one is right. If we act like the Empire, we
become the Empire." -Wedge Antilles,
Starfighters of Adumar