However, officers or hired thugs in plain clothes infiltrating protests and inciting violence in order to give a reasonable excuse for the military/police at shutting them down is a commonly used and widespread tactic.
So, was it violent protesters or violent military/government staging an act? Well, the track record stands against official powers.
In favour of your argument I will say that violent individuals will almost always take advantage of a protest to lash out selfishly. It is unavoidable. Yet, a government having a one-sided overwhelming force responding to limited civilian violence with even more overbearing violence, the bias it will face in regards to trust will increase exponentially.
Believable.
However, officers or hired thugs in plain clothes infiltrating protests and inciting violence in order to give a reasonable excuse for the military/police at shutting them down is a commonly used and widespread tactic. So, was it violent protesters or violent military/government staging an act? Well, the track record stands against official powers.
In favour of your argument I will say that violent individuals will almost always take advantage of a protest to lash out selfishly. It is unavoidable. Yet, a government having a one-sided overwhelming force responding to limited civilian violence with even more overbearing violence, the bias it will face in regards to trust will increase exponentially.