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NYPD to Shadow 56 protesters
According to ABC News, the NYPD is planning to follow 56 "primary anarchists" from around the country, starting before the RNC. 6 cops and a supervisor will be assigned to each protester, who will be monitored 24 hours a day.
"Sources say detectives are leaving this weekend for Boston, Washington D.C., North Carolina, and California to begin surveillance and tail the protestors as they travel to New York."
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NYPD to Shadow 56 Protesters Believed Most Dangerous
By Marcus Solis
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/gopcon/wabc_081804_dangerous.html
(New York-WABC, August 18, 2004) - An Eyewitness News exclusive -- details on the incredible lengths the NYPD is taking to keep the most radical protestors expected at the Republican Convention under control.
Police are now tracking 56 potentially dangerous people.
Marcus Solis reports from Madison Square Garden.
While international terrorism remains a concern, this operation's focus is primarily on anarchists, and how they plan to disrupt the convention. This week the NYPD began instructing officers on intelligence on this threat. They also began doling out assignments, and for hundreds of officers that means surveillance work that will begin next week. And it starts for them with a trip out of town.
The debriefings have been taking place at John Jay College and the Police Academy. Inside, the NYPD's intelligence division is outlining security plans for the upcoming Republican National Convention.
The big concern: the anarchist groups which disrupted the W.T.O conference in Seattle in 1999, and who have threatened to do the same here. Sources say the NYPD has identified 56 primary anarchists who will be followed 24 hours a day. One supervisor and six cops will be assigned to each person.
Sources say detectives are leaving this weekend for Boston, Washington D.C., North Carolina, and California to begin surveillance and tail the protestors as they travel to New York.
Sources also say the department is preparing for protestors in Central Park, convinced many demonstrators will descend on the Great Lawn on Sunday, August 29th, regardless of whether a permit is granted.
Another concern are small explosions set off in Midtown, aimed at diverting manpower away from the convention site. Police have already been holding drills where cops simulate a coordinated response called a surge.
Much of the intelligence has come from NYPD cops who have infiltrated various protest groups. Sources say for nearly two years, as many as 20 cops have been meeting with, traveling with, and secretly reporting on the activists' plans.
On Thursday, the department will demonstrate training that officers are receiving in arrest tactics. That is for uniformed officers, but the bulk of the undercover work is to be handled by the department's narcotics officers.
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NYPD to Shadow 56 Protesters Believed Most Dangerous
By Marcus Solis
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/gopcon/wabc_081804_dangerous.html
(New York-WABC, August 18, 2004) - An Eyewitness News exclusive -- details on the incredible lengths the NYPD is taking to keep the most radical protestors expected at the Republican Convention under control.
Police are now tracking 56 potentially dangerous people.
Marcus Solis reports from Madison Square Garden.
While international terrorism remains a concern, this operation's focus is primarily on anarchists, and how they plan to disrupt the convention. This week the NYPD began instructing officers on intelligence on this threat. They also began doling out assignments, and for hundreds of officers that means surveillance work that will begin next week. And it starts for them with a trip out of town.
The debriefings have been taking place at John Jay College and the Police Academy. Inside, the NYPD's intelligence division is outlining security plans for the upcoming Republican National Convention.
The big concern: the anarchist groups which disrupted the W.T.O conference in Seattle in 1999, and who have threatened to do the same here. Sources say the NYPD has identified 56 primary anarchists who will be followed 24 hours a day. One supervisor and six cops will be assigned to each person.
Sources say detectives are leaving this weekend for Boston, Washington D.C., North Carolina, and California to begin surveillance and tail the protestors as they travel to New York.
Sources also say the department is preparing for protestors in Central Park, convinced many demonstrators will descend on the Great Lawn on Sunday, August 29th, regardless of whether a permit is granted.
Another concern are small explosions set off in Midtown, aimed at diverting manpower away from the convention site. Police have already been holding drills where cops simulate a coordinated response called a surge.
Much of the intelligence has come from NYPD cops who have infiltrated various protest groups. Sources say for nearly two years, as many as 20 cops have been meeting with, traveling with, and secretly reporting on the activists' plans.
On Thursday, the department will demonstrate training that officers are receiving in arrest tactics. That is for uniformed officers, but the bulk of the undercover work is to be handled by the department's narcotics officers.
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what occurs to me upon reading this is that it requires two things of us. One, we need to be smart about what we do and how we talk about it, both publicly and privately, and we all need to be really clear about our right to NOT TALK TO any one from any branch of law enforcement. You don't have to talk to the FBI, INS, SFPD, NYPD, etc, you do not have to let them into your home, etc. Katya Komisaruk's book "Beat The Heat" is a good resource on that stuff and I think you can also get basic info at lawcollective.org. Also, I think we should let each other know about things that happen, ie, if the cops visit our houses we should tell each other. But, we should also verify information and refrain from spreading rumours.
two, I have been reading a wee bit about cointelpro lately, and one of the points of surveillance such as this is to make us paranoid, to make us mistrust one another, to be suspicious of people we don't know well, including folks new to the scene or to our movements. One of the things that made cointelpro so succesful was that they got movement folks to do
the dirty work for them by makng everyone scared and paranoid. It's worth remembering that we should think about what people do and what the effects are, rather than getting into the "guess who the agent is" game.
so, we gotta watch our asses and get each other's backs and be careful, but retain our perspective and openess.
(yeah not so easy i know but there ya go!)
and I can't help but wonder why this information was made available if not to make us paranoid, eh?
two, I have been reading a wee bit about cointelpro lately, and one of the points of surveillance such as this is to make us paranoid, to make us mistrust one another, to be suspicious of people we don't know well, including folks new to the scene or to our movements. One of the things that made cointelpro so succesful was that they got movement folks to do
the dirty work for them by makng everyone scared and paranoid. It's worth remembering that we should think about what people do and what the effects are, rather than getting into the "guess who the agent is" game.
so, we gotta watch our asses and get each other's backs and be careful, but retain our perspective and openess.
(yeah not so easy i know but there ya go!)
and I can't help but wonder why this information was made available if not to make us paranoid, eh?
who's to say that the NYPD correctly identified these 56 people?
can't you just see it, the NYPD shadows some guy in New Mexico with 5 or 6 officers, and watches him go the NY to visit his grandmother in a nursery home for 3 days
can't you just see it, the NYPD shadows some guy in New Mexico with 5 or 6 officers, and watches him go the NY to visit his grandmother in a nursery home for 3 days
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