An undercover cop in Oakland pulled out a gun and pointed it at protesters Wednesday night after they exposed him and a partner as police officers attempting to incite crime.

The shocking moment was captured by Reuters photographer Noah Berger, who was covering protests spurred by the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases.

Reports indicate that two police officers were posing as protesters, while wearing bandanas over their faces. Others in the group cottoned on to the fact that they were not legitimate demonstrators and began pointing at them and yelling, “Hey, they’re undercover, they’re cops!”

An undercover cop pulled a gun on Michael Brown and Eric Garner protesters in Oakland: http://t.co/Hzh78MNaj6 pic.twitter.com/zZMBKhWavR — Complex (@ComplexMag) December 11, 2014

The two cops attempted to break off from the group, but were followed. A legitimate protester attempted to remove one of the cops’ balaclavas, and one of the officers pushed a protester, causing a scuffle to break out.

One of the officers slammed the protester to the ground, and handcuffed him, riling up the crowd. The second officer then pulled out a concealed weapon and waved it around telling protesters to back off, before scores of uniformed back up cops arrived on the scene.

Here is an image of one of last nights undercovers pointing his gun directly at a person with a camera. #oakland pic.twitter.com/lVEsNEhFpu — Courtney Harrop (@CourtneyPFB) December 11, 2014

Witnesses at the scene claimed that the two undercover cops were attempting to rile up the crowd up and get them to vandalize property and loot businesses.

Undercovers infiltrate #berkeleyprotests and pull gun? Police infiltrator in a mask making arrest?? pic.twitter.com/eIVULrqpSJ#oaklandprotest — mary mad (@marymad) December 11, 2014

Protesters say that the officers were banging on windows and shouting inflammatory statements. One protester claims to have a video of the officers doing just this, but has not yet posted it

Undercovers infiltrate #berkeleyprotests and pull gun? Police infiltrator in a mask making arrest?? pic.twitter.com/eIVULrqpSJ #oaklandprotest — mary mad (@marymad) December 11, 2014

Screen shot of two undercovers. This is 6 secs into video, before gun cop pulls mask back up. https://t.co/AXtSbos9HZ pic.twitter.com/1WPGrSwH3N — Dave Id (@DaveId) December 11, 2014

Later commenting on the incident, Oakland police Lt. Chris Bolton revealed that the cops were from an “outside” agency and that he would investigate the claims of them acting as agent provocateurs.

@Grlyflynn @CourtneyPFB @marymad Got it. Will not post anything of arrest. Partner is on the ground – I have not yet seen what’s on video. — Morpheus Ravenna (@MorpheusRavenna) December 11, 2014

The #OaklandProtest pictured man isn’t an OPD officer & not an OPD arrest. OPD 1st responded to scene on report from other agency. 1/1 — Lt. Chris Bolton (@OPDChris) December 11, 2014

#OaklandProtests If allegation officers incited crime, crowd source video & provide a link so I may forward. Obviously troubling. — Lt. Chris Bolton (@OPDChris) December 11, 2014 Bolton later stated that the officers were with the California Highway Patrol.

Last night #OaklandPolice responded to a request for help during a California Highway Patrol arrest at Bay & Harrison St. (1/2) — Lt. Chris Bolton (@OPDChris) December 11, 2014

@OPDChris to be clear, were these the undercover CHP officers? — Peter W (@techieshark) December 11, 2014

Protesters claimed that the person who was tackled to the ground and taken into custody by the cops has a concussion stemming from the incident.

person in custody has concussion from police during the undercover cop incident. we need to get him out. donate: https://t.co/ih9Of0ndhG — Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) December 11, 2014

Tip to undercover provocateurs: Lose the douchey copstash and you won’t need a mask pic.twitter.com/QtrkhS6uod — Brennos (@Hewletmoon) December 11, 2014

Steve Watson is a London based writer and editor for Alex Jones’ Infowars.com, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham, and a Bachelor Of Arts Degree in Literature and Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University.