re: #177 JasonA

Just did a Google search on them. Pretty sure that put me on some kind of list…

This is interesting - I remember the news, didn’t know it showed up in wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Police infiltration

Police and security services have infiltrated black blocs with undercover officers. Since all members conceal their identities, it is harder to recognize infiltrators. Allegations first surfaced after several demonstrations. At the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa, amongst the many complaints about the police [21] there was mention of video footage in which “men in black were seen getting out of police vans near protest marches.”[22] In August 2007, Quebec police admitted that “their officers disguised themselves as demonstrators.” On these occasions, some were identified by genuine protesters because of their police-issue footwear.[23][24]

A-holes.