Time*treat, I'm so glad you posted this blog. Using agents provocateurs is the new weapon for governments and other organizations to quell freedom of speech and assembly. "A.P."s start violence at a peaceful demonstration, police must be called in to club, tear gas and arrest the demonstrators. Then a martial law perimeter is created around the area of protest or perhaps the whole city or nation.

End result:

1) They successfully stopped the demonstration and scored media PR points against the cause of the protesters because the protesters "became" violent and therefore the protest had no merit.

2) They created a mini-police state and John Q. Public accepts it with glee because he wants to be protected from the violent protesters.   

I urge everyone to check out the links time*treat has provided. It is a good primer on how agents provocateurs are deployed to peaceful demonstrations. This is becoming a world wide tactic to control the masses and we all should be aware of it because it violates our rights to free speech and peaceful assembly.

Good blog!