I was glad to see your violent fantasies weren't realized.

The "American police" didn't "start gunning protesters down" despite what appeared to me to be a good bit of provocation. They seemed to do a pretty fair job of keeping opposing camps of imbeciles from savaging each other, for which I'm sure they will get a lot of after-action criticism. "A policeman's lot is not a happy one."

Trump did his Trumpy thing, feeding off the dark energies of his supporters without saying much of substance. His enemies shrieked in rage and frustration outside, which they seemed to find cathartic. The media collected their quota of sound bites. Various public servants earned some overtime. Everybody pretty much got what they came for.