If you were in governance..
Say, a governor, president, or some executive position. How would you handle yourself, and what would your goals be? What would you want your legacy to be?
I'd imagine I'd be remembered as the executive who failed to play politics, then did nothing while the angry mobs the frustrated activists whipped up rioted in the streets for lack of an apology or concession. Then my city would be sued into oblivion, since my strategy to handling rioters is "Sit back, do nothing, let them burn themselves out."
I would probably also say on camera, "Hey, they can only riot once. Everythings burned to the ground, what are they gonna do, burn the ash's"?