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Judi Lynn

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2. Sandensea, it would be too cool if, when the real protesters spotted a provocateur,

Reply to sandensea (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2018, 02:51 AM

Oct 2018

they could simply detain him, hold him, keep him from running, and tell the police they want to make a citizens' arrest on the guy for resorting to violence in their protest, in the meantime taking lots of video of him, his face, his voice, his mannerisms, try to identify him, etc.

I wouldn't think there would be anything the police in their normal uniforms could do, even though everyone would know the crowd had bagged an agent provocateur, sent by the city to justify a conflagration by the cops on protesters for their alleged violence.

Shouldn't that work? I don't see why it wouldn't.

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Argentina: Protesters clash with police over spending cuts [View all] sandensea Oct 2018 OP

OMG, they've been caught trying to pull off the old "false flag" bogus violence today. Judi Lynn Oct 2018 #1

Sandensea, it would be too cool if, when the real protesters spotted a provocateur, Judi Lynn Oct 2018 #2

I understand they've tried, and have filed complaints in court using photo/film evidence sandensea Oct 2018 #3

This is an outstanding bunch of images. Judi Lynn Oct 2018 #4