You Know Who Didn't Show up Yesterday? ICE

[haele]

15. They didn't need to show. They are hooked into the traffic cams....

Facial and voice recognition software is now available to be hooked into towns and cities where they have traffic cams.
Besides, there were no easy targets. It was obvious that the No Kings organizers are on the alert for troublemakers, and there would not be a lot of chances to trigger a riot without making it obvious it was right wing agitators.
Crowds were too big in the cities, and in the smaller locations, so no easy kettling and extraction for untrained goons.
There's only so much lying they can do without making it obvious even to their base they're lying and maybe they're doing something wrong.
Kent State did a lot to turn even the most conservative anti-communist citizen, because two of those killed were not part of the protest; meaning their kids could be caught up being in the wrong place at the wrong time.