I still have problems picturing the police joining a "rebellion" rather than being happy for having the perfect chance to be "let loose" on civilian population
And yet, it has happened many times IOTL, in places where the police is not more humanitarian than in Spain, such as the United States, Thailand or Brazil. And mind that the OTL Euromaidan was even worse at many levels, just not in scale or speed of escalation. It's not a coincidence that the introduction was made of a rambling about the nature of revolutions: as I said, it wasn't my intention to make this TL dystopian per se (not better nor worse, just different, would be closer to what I aimed to), but one of the topics I explored is that the apex of frustration could have been even higher. The fact I'm not the most cheerful guy in the world had a lot to do with that
But yeah, being an important part of the TL and plot device, I was dubious about how people would react to it.
Finally, I'm aware that my TLIAD was relatively short, only a bit above half the size of Doc's TLIAWOS. This served as a training of sorts, as a way of seeing if I could make something coherent and enjoyable. Now that it seems that some members think this is the case, whatever I do in the future will be a more extended and dedicated work.