>>> In before the usual lizards, but how can a police detective allege that someone “... were there looking for trouble...”.
This would require either mind reading capabilities, or the Detective would have had to had prior first hand knowledge of such stated intent by the defendant. <<<
It has been alleged that a police ‘confidential informant’ (or two) was present in the Cossacks/Scimitars that was agitating for a violent situation.
I suspect that the police C.I. was a bit too successful in agitating, so it’s possible that the officer in question may have had prior knowledge of intended violence — planned by a police operative.
“It has been alleged that a police ‘confidential informant’ (or two) was present in the Cossacks/Scimitars that was agitating for a violent situation.”
“Such alleged ...”
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