The police realize that much of the public has turned against them and now hates them. The police hate the public in return, and they hate the BLM demonstrators even more.
Of course, the police are going to look the other way when right wing protestors injure and kill BLM protestors. Of course, the police will do whatever they can to aid right wing militias that show up.
The violence that right wing activists are engaging is the response that the police want to respond to BLM protestors with.

So, the police sit back and don't intervene, allowing the right wing to respond for them.
This way, the police get what they actually want—a violent response to BLM—but without a public relations backlash against the police or legal complications for the police.
Right wing activists are essentially functioning as a proxy for the police, engaging in the violent response that the police hope for.
So, of course the police are going to shrug and go, "Gosh guys, our hands are tied. We can't do much about these right wingers and their militias. [Insert made up excuses.]"
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