[woutr_be]

> The ransacking of parliament appeared to have been allowed. There was no police presence at all. Almost as if they were being purposefully held back.

I personally thinks this comes after there were more confrontations before, and there was a lot of public outcry over the use of force. (It being justified or not)

There was initially a large police presence inside the parliament (LegCo), but they all retreated after protestors became increasingly violent, I think it was mostly a tactical decision, it would've been impossible for the police to push back, so all they could do was hold their grounds. If protestors stormed in while the police was still there, it would've been a very difficult and violent confrontations. So I think they decided to fall back, and give protestors space.

And from previous protests, the police has never held back, they've always cracked down once the protests got out of control, don't really see what they would do so now, and just one time.