I was anecdotally told years ago that police, when confronting an angry mob, will single out the ringleader, going after him, perhaps beating him, arresting him and taking him away. The purpose of this aggressive attack apparently is to break the backs of the resisters by capturing and subduing their leader. The crowd then surrenders, back off or disbands.
It is of course possible that by making a martyr of the ringleader that this violence towards him by the police will inflame his followers, not dismay them.
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