“.. the regular folks are creating the atmosphere for the agitators to take advantage”.
I disagree. The regular folks were protesting civilly. That is a Constitutional protection. They were civil, compliant, and well behaved. IMHO.. we have to look at the CLEAR picture of who did what. For example, years ago.. I was at the Tea Party Rally in D.C. It was civil. Say, for example, it was infiltrated by outsiders.. who did violence/burned stuff/threw things at the police when it got dark. Would you say the Tea Partiers “created the atmosphere for the agitators to take advantage?” I am not about violence and I will not ever take the position that civil, peaceful protests should be eliminated for fear that some may take advantage.