They definitely started it. All those fucking flash bangs were unnecessary and over-the-top and that is what started stirring the anger. I could not believe how little provocation it took for them to start lobbing CS and pepper gas on us (especially after everything we watched all Summer throughout the country.)
I remarked to another patriot, "the last time I got gassed by my government I was in boot camp". I could not believe how aggressive they were. Then I commented that pretty soon the cops would do the math and retreat inside the building and they did just a few minutes later.
Yeah there was literally no reason for them to be throwing the flash grenades or the gas, it was obvious they were trying to provoke the crowd to escalate things.
They definitely started it. All those fucking flash bangs were unnecessary and over-the-top and that is what started stirring the anger. I could not believe how little provocation it took for them to start lobbing CS and pepper gas on us (especially after everything we watched all Summer throughout the country.)
I remarked to another patriot, "the last time I got gassed by my government I was in boot camp". I could not believe how aggressive they were. Then I commented that pretty soon the cops would do the math and retreat inside the building and they did just a few minutes later.
Yeah there was literally no reason for them to be throwing the flash grenades or the gas, it was obvious they were trying to provoke the crowd to escalate things.