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M20 - 7th & Mission - Police Tactic

by kight

Sat, Mar 22, 2003 12:27PM

A sequence; protestors marching into police trap, police surrounding protestors while ordering protestors to "Move on". 6 jpgs

We had just passed a nasty squad of cops on one side, when we see protestors running towards us from the other end of the street. We jump up on the wall of a building and found ourselves with a perfect bird's eye view of the protestor "round-up". Here is a series of police tactic, including a false order to "move it" (there was no where to move to).

The first image is of police waiting at 7th and Mission, while protestors head down Mission from 6th.

§Shortsighted Protestors

by kight

Sat, Mar 22, 2003 12:28PM

Protestors are blindly marching down the street into the police trap.

§"Move it!"

by kight

Sat, Mar 22, 2003 12:28PM

A cop orders protestors to "Move it!" in an effort to corral protestors into a police trap. A girl looks over the brick wall - it is the only place to "move it" to.

The next few images will scan the area, showing there is no where to "move" to.

§Crowd Span A

by kight

Sat, Mar 22, 2003 12:28PM

Cops surround protestors on all sides.

§Crowd Span B

by kight

Sat, Mar 22, 2003 12:28PM

A protestor asks "move where?" - Cops on both sides are ordering crowd to move.

§Crowd Span C

by kight

Sat, Mar 22, 2003 12:28PM

Cops surround protestors on all sides. In fact, those who make an effort to "move" are ordered and shoved back into the crowd.

The "order" to move (or to disperse) is a method of the cops to corral, then to divide and arrest protestors.

My following set will demonstrate the police methodically utilizing force and brutality to divide a peaceful crowd.

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§Police Tactic pt 2

by kight

Sun, Mar 23, 2003 12:23PM

Here is part 2 of M20 - 7th & Mission - Police Tactic
http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/03/1588649.php

Here is another image from 7th & Mission
peace and violence http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/03/1587380.php

For more information: http://www.kithology.net

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§Mr.

by Edwin (yoetrain [at] yahoo.com)

Mon, Mar 24, 2003 6:29PM

The crowd of 3-400 were split into two, with most everyone on the sidewalk. A few minutes later, without any provication, 4 police officers began to yell "MOVE" and started jabbing the crowd with the points of their batons about 3 feet up the sidewalk. People were trampling over each other to get back, screaming, with bikes and legs all tangled together.

The crowd was in horor at this burst of violence. They bagan to shout, "We're not violent" "how about you?" Some said that they hadn't seen that type of police behavior since he was in East Berlin

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