It can only turn out to the advantage of the authorities to have a peaceful protest turn into a riot. The tide of public opinion then swings in favor of LE and government rule, their spending on all this security is validated, the protesters are portrayed as villains, AND it gives LE an excuse to use forceful tactics when they would not have been able to due to an otherwise peaceful protest.I'm not sure I believe it. I do have to ask this though .Why does everything that may mean that people who have economic and political power in this world would go to some level to maintain it automatically become a "conspiracy therory"?
We all manipulate situations on some level. Is it really that much of a stretch to assume that people with alot of power who want to keep it would not try and manipulate certain events to their own advantage.?
I know, I know....tinfoil hat..gotcha
How many threads have we seen over the past couple of days, "These protesters make me sick", blah blah blah...If that is the ONLY objective these tactics attain, it would STILL be well worth it to employ this strateguy. Based on how much dissent towards protesters I see on this board alone, I would have to think that this strategy is an invaluable tool, for this reason as well as for others.
This theory is not far fetched.
Putting on my tinfoil hat now.