If they don't have the backing of their superiors, they should consider a strike. I know it doesn't protect people like Brandon, but it might at least signal solidarity with the citizenry.

As it is, they're "just following (stand down) orders" while people are being attacked.

The right supports police, for now, but when they show themselves to be feckless, they could find themselves without much public support at all. We can easliy quit caring about when a BLM guy wastes a cop's life.