Decision dilemma. Permanently solved by shooting the antagonizer in the face and moving on to the next one. Also as counter protesters, make sure you take out the people recording with phones. They are not innocent bystanders they are part of the organization, effort to collect video useful for their propaganda. Take their phones,, We have equipment that will move them with no effort or risk to cops. Identify critical elements and dismantle them. It only works because they are not challenged yet.