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Originally Posted by Kerplunk
This is my thought. My question is, if they are police agents, why automatically make the assumption that they are there to start something?
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The obvious assumption is that by causing trouble, they discredit the activist cause/protest at hand by forcing the general public to look at protestors as violent anarchists rather than concerned citizens. I don't see it as paranoid, I see it as extremely intelligent and effective of the police (if they are indeed undercover police). Makes perfect sense to me, I must be paranoid...
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On a side note, if I had that guy screaming at me an a mob trying to rip my clothing off, I might ask the cops to arrest me too.
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A bandana covering one's face isn't exactly 'clothing'... its more like a mask. They wanted to identify the guys who's tactics they obviously didn't agree with.