Saturday, January 10, 2009
of course there is that
On the Oakland riots:
One possibility we hadn't entertained was that the violence was started by police provocateurs.
Demonstrators would occasionally disperse, but then instigators in the crowd who appeared to be anarchists called them back.
They wouldn't identify themselves, but those instigators wore bandanas on their faces and seemed more intent on provoking confrontations and throwing stuff at police than truly having their voices heard.
One possibility we hadn't entertained was that the violence was started by police provocateurs.