Protesters that come to a protest wearing masks, body armor  and weapons are not there to protest peacefully, they are there to attack.  This includes both the Alt -right/White supremacists and the Alt-Left/Antifa.  They both came for a fight.  This is no different than the Hell's Angels MC gang showing up to an Outlaws MC gang function.  The true problem, in my opinion, was the lack of police presence and enforcement during the incident. State Police should have created physical barriers between both groups. They never should have been allowed to have physical contact with one another.   I watched protesters  push back at State Police  and no arrests were made.  My guess would be that the Governor issued a directive to not make any arrests unless absolutely necessary. Last I heard only three arrests were made that day.  I watched numerous felony assaults occur on both sides, but with apparently no arrests at the scene.  That is a big problem.