No one should underestimate just how much these scenes of violence, whoever is responsible, benefit the police and right-wing demagogues like Donald Trump.
The rise of Trump, the Republican Party’s outsider, allowed for the growth of the "alternative-right"* movement ... Those “irredeemable” people represent a large segment of Americans.
The far-right comes out of the dark ... to .... become part of the American mainstream. And this time around, they have a great ally: none other than the president.