Snipped from the blog. All the positive reports on the Phoenix police are backed up here - first time I have heard of this tactic.
“We couldn’t see the entrance yet, which was close to 1st Street, but we could see the protesters, coagulated in two groups on each side of Washington and 2nd.
This was a brilliant maneuver by the Phoenix Police Department, or whoever gave them their permit. Divided as they were on each side of the street—with Police vans and cars in between on 2nd, their groups looked smaller than they were (about 200 total, meaning they were now in groups of about 100 per side). They couldn’t coordinate, and there was only one small area—at the crossing of Washington and 2nd—where the Trump supporters and the protesters actually even came close to each other.”
Yes, definitely a good tactic.
I saw no violence at all. Apparently at night, after people were leaving-—which is when a police presence is quite necessary-—some people were attacked.