Be a fossile fuel company and lobby the government: Police protects you despite all the climate genocide.

Be a citizen paying taxes and protesting harmlessly to bring the government to action: "OMG U r dangerous! We need to protect ~~the companies~~ your fellow citizens from you!!11"

And before someone says, that the protests are ineffective Check this out.

https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/1/3/pgac110/6633666

Further, it is the use of radical tactics, such as property destruction or violence, rather than a radical agenda, that drives this effect. Results indicate the effect owes to a contrast effect: Use of radical tactics by one flank led the more moderate faction to appear less radical, even though all characteristics of the moderate faction were held constant