TIL that in 2007, Quebec police sent provocateurs disguised as demonstrators to a protest at the North American leaders summit in Montebello Quebec to incite a riot and justify dispersing the otherwise legal and constitutionally protected peaceful assembly.
The police officers were identified, there was a police complaints inquiry - nothing came of it. "They were doing their job, following orders and just got a little carried away with their acting... blah blah blah. Nothing to see here folks go back home and watch T