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According to political theory, the police are the manifestation of the state's so-called monopoly on violence. The police exist specifically to do violence to citizens of a state. Is the state wrong? Are the police wrong? There's no wrong answer, but there can be inconsistent ones.
The only possible responses to immediately present violence are surrender or greater violence. You cannot judge someone who chooses to respond to violence with violence -- or who finds their bodies have chosen for them.