The reason why they let that play out was because they were white, and the authorities have more sympathy for their views than other groups. They don’t want the optics from Ruby Ridge and Waco again. When the anarchists group MOVE was involved in a stand off with the police, they literally dropped a bomb on them in 1985 in the middle of a major American city, burning down the entire block:
Right wing extremist are far more acceptable than left wing or POC’s militancy. Those will and have been dealt with far more harshly and violently. It’s the Kirkpatrick doctrine in miniature.
