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My personal theory is that following Eden's attack and Sumeragi human experimentation being exposed, a riot broke out from civilians who probably had Adept family members or friends recruited by Sumeragi.
So Cope had to, uh, cope with the fact that Adepts aren't as much of a monster he's making them out to be, that there are regular people willing to go to war for them, that they have families (cue flashback to Mytyl), and choose to fight for them.