Peaceful protesting got them Mounties trampling on women in wheelchairs to show dominance, as police enjoy doing whenever they can.

Had the protestors actually stopped the police, they only would have come back later in more numbers, and armed. If any protestors escaped, the government would have put out APBs on everyone they could identify like the FBI did with the Jan 6 protestors, showing their pictures on national TV so their neighbors would report them for arrest. Then they would have been locked in prison for 2 years without trial until a judge finally rules, "Hey you guys didn't really have a reason to break up that protest."

The police know all of this is on the table when they choose to break up a protest by white conservatives, and they want to make sure know the protestors know. It's a deterrent.

Peaceful protesting got them Mounties trampling on women in wheelchairs to show dominance, as police enjoy doing whenever they can.

Had the protestors actually stopped the police, they only would have come back later in more numbers, and armed. If any protestors escaped, the government would have put out APBs on everyone they could identify like the FBI did with the Jan 6 protestors, showing their pictures on national TV so their neighbors would report them for arrest. Then they would have been locked in prison for 2 years without trial.