The local police may help the politicians and their thugs if circumstances require their protection from the crowds.

However the St Louis incident the police arrested 2 men with SEIU shirts and woman who was an Carnahan staffer who instigated the fight.

Now if large scale protests break out with thousands of middle age and elderly white folk walking down the street and the National Guard is called ro restore order I really doubt that the National Guard would act. They are more likely try to defue and issue and refuse any order to fire.

Police are more local and they have an authority complex and more likely to harrass old and young alike. But police respond to the local town council amd mayors who respond to their white middle age tax payers and voters.

So local police are more likely to side with local protesters rather than busedin ousiders who are union thugs.