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I hadn't seen it at protests in the US before, though I understand it's happened already in other countries. They were also trying to get lots of publicity yesterday, so there's a chance they've done this before but just weren't as loud about it.
My bad, I misinterpreted your post and went to delete it too late. 
No worries, it happens.
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