Obama and "peaceful protesters"

What President Obama said about "sending [federal] agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators," is a sham and a shame. The agents are not attacking peaceful protesters. They use force only when someone threatens them or federal property. Calling people who shoot explosives at federal agents or buildings, set fires to property, shine blinding lasers into eyes of federal agents, or tear down fences surrounding federal properties "peaceful protesters" is so false that I don't know whether to call the description fake news or despicable. A more accurate description is "rioters". We need honest and clear discussion about the role of federal agents, not false narratives about what they do.