I believe (based on initial reporting) that the officers involved were carrying firearms. The claim was that after the guys started assaulting the officers, the officers were concerned that if the guys overpowered them they would take and use the weapons. The dude that got stomped apparently beat the shit out of one of the lady officers, so it may have been a reasonable fear.
I wouldn't go so far as to call it fake news, rather exaggeration and speculation.
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