Man we are not robots!
How we behave and act (especially when being betrayed by the uniform we are supposed to trust to protects us) is based entirely on our emotions and thoughts at the time.
To say that we should just calmly ask why he is doing what he is doing is not realistic and it is extremely naive to think that anyone could just go to the press, raise a huge stink then watch the police cower away with there tail between there legs. Thats a fantasy. it just doesn't work like that
The only option you have got is to resist tyranny as much as your courage will allow and teach your kids to resists it as much as they dare.