An alleged provocateur was caught throwing bricks at Ferguson, Mo., riot cops while hiding behind peaceful demonstrators who were being assaulted by the police.

At the time, the cops were forcibly removing protestors from public areas and one heavily-armed officer even threatened to kill a journalist at one point.

Police officials use provocateurs, who are often employed by the government, as justification for erecting a police state in which law-abiding citizens suffer the most.