Hence my mention of the need to tailor their request. Obviously they would need to assert some sort of criminal activity connected with the protest to get a war

Hence my mention of the need to tailor their request. Obviously they would need to assert some sort of criminal activity connected with the protest to get a warrant, but it's not as if cops are unfamiliar with amplifying or even provoking such, and exaggerating the level of danger in their warrant application. This might seem like a cynical take, but you can see stories almost weekly of border patrol officials admitting to lying about claims of criminality; here are two recent examples: https://abcnews.go.com/US/border-patrol-commander-admitted-lied-tear-gas-incident/story?id=127283392 https://abcnews.go.com/US/border-patrol-commander-admitted-l... https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5616287-charges-dropped-border-patrol-shooting/ https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5616287-charges-dro...