At protests cops purposefully escalate things by having a cop undercover in the crowd to do something violent enough to justify police attacking the crowd. The

At protests cops purposefully escalate things by having a cop undercover in the crowd to do something violent enough to justify police attacking the crowd. They lob a rock in the general direction of their buddies and Bob's your uncle. Years ago someone caught some campus cops tossing some bricks into the bed of one of their pickups behind their station. They claimed they'd removed them from a section of sidewalk where they'd come loose and become a hazard. First time I've ever heard of a cop doing something like that...