Do we know for certain that the people incitinng the protesterrs to riot were
actually police?

While I was on Whyte Avenue during the whole playoff debacle I had a chance
to meet some of the cops who were working undercover (several people
coming in to use the Varscona's washrooms and flashing their badge so they
could come inside)

They were definitely there to get competent descriptions of the perpetrators
and, in some cases, followed them to asses the damage and finger them for
other officers.

I guess my question would be: Is an undercover officer behaving responsibly
for the public good such a bad thing?

Granted, these are Quebec cops, and we really don't know what their
motivations were, but if they were behaving in a responsible way the same as
the Whyte Ave undercover cops, is that still a part of an authoritarian state? Is
that a bad thing if it is done for the safety of others?

Just curious if we know for certain who was inciting the riot.