>This is easy to say with retrospect. How many other major protests in history would you have compromised had you known there would be violence? >Any embedded

>This is easy to say with retrospect. How many other major protests in history would you have compromised had you known there would be violence? >Any embedded provocateur could easily kill any protest. But this wasn't a provocateur, promptly disavowed by the protestor leaders. It was concerted, intentional, premeditated violence. This was known, or at least expected, beforehand.