Both sides ave turned against the police as well. I remember Occupy Wallstreet, the wave of the left raised up an crested, and probably rightened a good few elite types who resolved to never let grassroots organization ever get close to them again.

Occupy fizzed out into aimless incoherence, but for a moment it captured the frustration and anger the left had toward the establishment, it failed to coalesce into a meaningful and coordinated movement.

When the left reemerged I think the elites worked hard to direct the energy and focus of the movement for their own use, and successfully avoided being the focus of the anger and violence.

Now the right wing has risen, and it has yet to have its OWS moment, God forbid, its BLM moment. Like you, I believe they have more in common than not. I tell this to my lefty friends all the time, I hate the conservatives, I hate the republicans, I want freedom and the government to leave me alone, underneath it all, that's what most people want.