They were trying to provoke a shooting. Which was their most likely scenario. Bait someone enough with insults and bottles and bats, and one responds in self defense
But that wouldn’t matter to them. It would just throw gallons of fuel on the gun control debate they could add to all the other crap.
Anyone with half a brain knows it was a setup. BLM is a bought and paid for bunch of scum wanting destruction of the country. There’s no good end to this.