Be a fossile fuel company and lobby the government: Police protects you despite all the climate genocide.

Be a citizen paying taxes and protesting harmlessly to bring the government to action: "OMG U r dangerous! We need to protect ~~the companies~~ your fellow citizens from you!!11"

And before someone says, that the protests are ineffective Check this out.

https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/1/3/pgac110/6633666

Further, it is the use of radical tactics, such as property destruction or violence, rather than a radical agenda, that drives this effect. Results indicate the effect owes to a contrast effect: Use of radical tactics by one flank led the more moderate faction to appear less radical, even though all characteristics of the moderate faction were held constant

Increased police response will surely not harden their resolve. History shows time and again that legitimate concerns can easily be supressed...

disgraceful, where is this country headed? nowhere good it seems