Durham police find explosive device near area of protests

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27. Sounds like....

...someone brought it along "just in case" the opportunity came up, and, luckily, the cops dispersed them before it did.

My experience with movement activity is that there is usually a small but significant number self-destructive and violent people involved - for instance, the so-called black block - and that their destructive tendencies shouldn't be allowed to harm innocent people or discredit the movement as a whole. They certainly should not be provided a lame "cover story". Nobody believes it, and it makes those who propagate it seem either foolish and naive.