Some time ago this was captured from a help wanted ad on Craigslist. 'Crowds on Demand' were looking to pay protesters with an upbeat and 'can do' spirit.
Not long after that, events in Charlotte turned sour with a shooting and the governor declaring a state of emergency.
How much of this is organic, and how much of this is orchestrated by people desperate to keep certain narratives aided by a sense of disunity in the press?