Perhaps it would serve the protesters better to segregate themselves from the rioters so that they can be discerned from rioters. Here are some examples, stop protesting at 3AM under the cover of darkness. Don't wear battle gear. Stay very far away from those that are weilding weapons and attacking buildings, property and police.
It just seems to my discerning eye that nearly all the flamboyant "shock" footage of police and "protesters" embattled occurs in the dead of night. This indicates that during the day, protests are far less riotous. And as the sun sets, actual protesting ceases and rioting begins.
The movie above. Rioting. Sure those lumberjack women in roller derby helmets may have done nothing violent. Or perhaps they did. But they've surrounded themselves with rioters and their probably going to get knocked to the ****ing ground and treated like rioters. What's that phrase so many like to roll out these days, "**** around and find out"?