re: #123 Decatur Deb

Wiki on infiltration:

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[34] there was mention of video footage in which “men in black were seen getting out of police vans near protest marches.”[35] 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.[36][37] In 2003 the Oakland, CA Police Dept infiltrated a group of peaceful anti-war protestors at the port. Oakland police captain Howard Jordan said “You don’t need to have some special skill to infiltrate these groups. Two of our officers were elected leaders within an hour of joining the group. So if you put people in there from the beginning, I think we’d be able to gather information and maybe even direct them to do something that we want them to do.”[38]

You can get a lot more from Googling genoa black bloc carabinieri, but anything except very partisan sources is hard to sort.

Something similar happened here in Toronto in 2010. Somehow, despite thousands of police downtown about two dozen Black Block members rampaged for about an hour and a half. Then they took off their balaclavas and disappeared into the crowd.

Then, suddenly, somehow, the police were everywhere rounding up protestors. Odd that.

I’m sure that Our Dear Leader planned that. There was going to be an election soon and news footage of the Black Block in action would scare the living shit out of the rubes of his base, and the footage of the ‘strong response’ would convince them that he was the only person who could protect them from the Marxist hordes.

Have you noticed I have a strong dislike for the current Prime Minister of Canada?