[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Hakan

Larf. Nice analysis. So you're saying a 'better' way for the cops to have done this would be for plain clothes officers to start assaulting innocent protestors? Cops can engage other cops in a not-so-elaborate ruse like this, but if they even lay a finger on a person respecting the law heads would roll.

Did you even watch this video?

I haven't seen the video (blocked at work) so maybe i'm way off, but I didn't mean to imply that the cops should start beating people up. What I am saying is that if the cops were there to incite violence why would they pass up what from the description is a perfect way for them to do it.

Guy gets harassed by other protesters telling him they don't want him there.
Guy throws rock at cops enraging protesters.
Protesters try to take down "Cop/Proterster"
Other cops move in to bash heads under the reasoning that someone threw a rock and the crowd became violent and needed to be dispursed.