[seanmcdirmid]

Is it infeasible that rioters aren’t simply colocating with protesters to take advantage of the chaos like they have always?

[jojobas]

The implication is the police are after the protestors rather than rioters, which is not observed.

[SauciestGNU]

I think that's plenty observed actually. When you look at who's been shot, beaten, and gassed it's largely protesters, not people rioting. Although it's easy for police to make the claim that it's rioters, since they seem to declare every protest a riot.