Of course, so there's seemingly only 2 ways to handle that.
- Give it to them.
- Take the protest straight to the heads of the hydra.
Either way violence has been done - how does the populous address that injustice? It seems the pretext of waiting until someone defends themselves is a strawman at this juncture.
A common bully-logic: Trying to argue that they're still somehow protected by "law" while breaking the very social contract that gave it authority at one time.
They have removed their own authority by doing this violence to the communities they enter.
They are nothing but state enemies in state official clothing.
From the foot soldier on up to the pedophilic "admiral".
All uncommon thugs in need of jail time for their crimes.