[MrB]

“If we ask them to refrain from doing any of this behavior, you automatically become a target,”

From what I've observed in these incidents, provocative behavior is intentional in order to "justify" an attack.

[PapaBear3625]

“If we ask them to refrain from doing any of this behavior, you automatically become a target,”

It depends on how you ask. Taking every single troublemaker, shooting them all, and putting their severed heads on spikes all along the street would likely put the message across.

I joke, but at times I think this may just be the only thing that would work.