And after their standing in the polls dropped dramatically following that, of course.
And they are really sorry it happened, sort of. And although the Left party still openly supports leftest crazy cultural centers in Berlin and eventually wants to turn Germany into Venezuela, they now wish to stress that this must be done without violence. Or maybe with not quite so much violence.
„Wer Polizisten verletzt und Autos anzündet, spielt denen in die Hände, die an der ungerechten Weltordnung nichts ändern wollen.“

It has been too long since leftards were beaten to death in the street by normal people. Where are your normal people?
Bernie Bro’s? (Bernie Sanders Supporters?)
It is most definitely that mindset, Murph.