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If you're starting buildings on fire, that's probably a riot.

• sangnoir 3y ago
  "You" is a nebulous term during any mass action. If provocateurs[1] can unilaterally turn a legitimate protest into a "riot" in a way that materially changes the rules of engagment, i.e. if a single anonymous person among thousands can instantly change a constitutionally protected activity into a crime for everyone present, then having a legally defined distinction that is easily subvertible may not be a great idea. Nevermind the fact that guilt-by-physical-proximity-to-a-criminal is a legally-dubious concept. 1. Embedded counter-protesters or undercover law enforcement