>But the people running these things have an obligation to see that they remain peaceful. See, I class that as a DDoS on a protest if you're going to cut carte

>But the people running these things have an obligation to see that they remain peaceful. See, I class that as a DDoS on a protest if you're going to cut carte blanche for law enforcement to play agent provocateur though. They should be passive and uninvolved in en trying to coerce a resolution, or we should accept that a kettled protest gains legitimacy, and by extension, justified use of violence if it's the police who push it over the edge. It's like Union-Busting, and the recent NLRB ruling. If LE has to start pulling dirty tricks, then maybe the protesters had a point.