Well if we can speak with such absolute certainty, I'll go next: there are dozens of undercover and rogue police officers involving themselves in escalating all the bad stuff
To justify violence against protestors and to sway public opinion against legitimate grievances with law enforcement.
in the past, riots have strengthened public support for more armor, more weapons, bigger budgets, less oversight. But there are less calculating possibilities as well.
That. Or it could be a bullshit claim. I'm going to go with the more likely scenario here.