1.   It is claimed that the police provoked the incident.

2.   They say that they were festive and peaceful and that when the police provoked the violence during the riots, they threw rocks out of fear and self defense.

3.   Police provoked an argument with him, would not let other family members watch and did not present arrest or search warrants, the group said.

4.   Police provoked the electronic protest a week ago by shutting down two French Internet providers for carrying pedophilia.

5.   But protesters said police provoked the violence by moving menacingly toward the marchers from the doors of the office tower housing the U.S. Embassy.

6.   It said police provoked protesters by shooting live ammunition into crowds, beating people and shouting obscenities.

7.   Mahathir denied Tuesday that police had provoked the violence.

8.   Opposition activist Cesar Espinosa said police provoked the violence in Chicomuselo.

9.   The three-hour long march ended peacefully for the most part as demonstrators kept on sidewalks, staying off the streets, and police did not provoke them.

10.   Then the Haitian police provoked a second wave of panic when they shot in to the air to stop the stone-throwing.