Leftists have done no such thing, instead what has happened is that peaceful protesters, even while in the middle of a candlelight vigil or while playing violin music, have been attacked by literal jackbooted thugs and beaten and shot with rubber bullets. If you are so confused by watching Fox News that you are unable to see actual uniformed authoritarian thugs in the streets and recognize them for what they are, as opposed to millions upon millions of ordinary people fighting against tremendous odds for basic dignity, then you need to just take a break from watching tv and maybe attend one of those protests to see what actually is going on.
The United States has a greater prison population per capita than any other country in the world, by a huge margin. The police seize more property every year than the sum total of all theft and burglary. And the levels of police violence we experience should shock you.
And if you think that the people fighting back are the problem, then what makes you believe that if this were East Germany, you wouldn’t be one of the ones supporting the Stasi? What makes you think that if you were living in North Korea that you wouldn’t be a whole hearted supporter of Kim Jong Il? If you were Russian, you would support Putin, if Turkish, you would support Erdogan, because in every country Authoritarianism is the same.