Good Cop, Bad Cop, Provo Cop

'On Thursday, the ACLU of Colorado sent a letter to Denver's Independent Monitor, Richard Rosenthal, asking for the Internal Affairs Bureau to conduct an investigation of the pepper-spraying incident.

"The actions of the undercover detectives on August 25, 2008, may have had the effect of exacerbating an already 'tense situation,' as their feigned struggle led nearby officers and the public to believe that a commanding officer was being attacked by protestors and that the situation necessitated the use of chemical agents," says the letter, written by ACLU staff attorney Taylor Pendergrass.

"Such actions may have escalated the overall situation by causing officers on the scene to fear that the protestors threatened their safety, when in fact the struggle was only between uniformed officers and undercover officers," he wrote.'

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_10920817

Another report on the use of agents provocateurs by the police during the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Remember this was the 'good' convention, because it did not feature the mass arrests of the RNC. Whole crowds were corralled like cattle and then arrested en mass. Video is available (it had to be buried in the ground before the photographer was arrested and then retrieved after his release because the police were also destroying evidence) and you can see that the herd was behaving peacefully.