They've managed to escalate things far too much already. The police and the National Guard need to practice de-escalation which is not firing into crowds or using tear gas.
It is the rioters who escalated things. Police have not been too hard on them, they've been way too soft!
I was predicting something like this would happen when Minneapolis police kept playing softball with #BLMers blocking interstates (on several occasions!) and occupying a (different) police precinct for weeks over the death of Jamar Clark. Remember that shit show? Had police responded more forcefully then, rioters would not be feeling emboldened to escalate now.