Can you explain what "didn't fall for the costume of these thugs" would look like? You really only have three choices:
Disperse to avoid getting dragged off
Stay and let yourself get dragged off by whatever these things actually are
Fight and be portrayed as violent insurrectionists by the lying media and the lying politicians. Also, it's likely they're going ro lie and claim people fought "Police" anyway, even if they have to make the claim without video evidence.
Can you explain what "didn't fall for the costume of these thugs" would look like? You really only have three choices: