Meh. Apples and oranges. When you already have a full blown riot going on a handful of cops aren't going to make a difference. In each of your videos there are about 20 people engaging in wanton lawlessness. That's harder to deal with using the right amount of force than dealing with a small hit squad. For comparison...Ireland riots.
When you have multiple seemingly unaarmed people milling around acting lawless you don't have cart blanche to open fire. Even if you as an officer "get away" with it there are still long term political repercussions. For instance the Ashley Babbit wrongful death lawsuit is still going on. "Oh but she was unarmed" you say. So are most of the people in the video th posted. And as a handful of police keep their eyes on the unarmed riotrs, some armed thugs can get some shots off unnoticed. What recently happened in Birmingham doesn't at all sound like that. It sounds like what was a peaceful night where some thugs got out of thier car, made a hit and drove off. Kind of like this:
Edit: This probably won't embed but you can click through and watch it again for the hundreth time. Notice the handful of police at the door didn't deter members of the crowd from punching the glass. But had a full SWAT contingent been there they most likely would have backed off.
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