I've made too many missions with the Patriot Guard Riders here in Oklahoma, the phelps crowd is deliberately attempting to provoke an assault so they can video tape it and sue everyone involved, city, county, state LE and any other group that might have money.
for those that have never seen these cretins here is a sample of their "protests". this one was at a funeral in a small town in Oklahoma at the funeral of a young soldier killed in Afghanistan.