What they did was illegal. FULL STOP!!!
Why didn't they hold peaceful protests to try and get the parks reopened?
What the government did was illegal. FULL STOP!!! When you see peaceful protests without a single illegal thing done gets absolutely nothing thru to the narrow minded governments head, but you see that murder, thievery, and destruction is praised, cutting a lock that was placed against citizens rights by the government doesn't seem quite illegal anymore. Quite frankly the government basically showed that that is what is meant to be done.