Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
How I Exposed an Undercover Cop By Lacy MacAuley
http://otherwords.org/i-exposed-an-undercover-cop-lacy-macauley/She was an undercover cop who called herself Missy. When I first met her four years ago, I couldnt have known that the small-framed woman with spiky brown hair and intense eyes was anything but a fellow activist showing up for a protest in Washington, D.C. I certainly didnt know she was actually Nicole Rizzi, an undercover cop ordered to secretly spy on peaceful protesters, violate our freedom of speech and assembly, and disregard our right to privacy.
Sure, I thought something was odd about her. She stared just a little too long. Her irreverent sense of humor made the hair stand up on the backs of a lot of necks. Her favorite t-shirt read OBEY and it wasnt clear that she wore it for the irony. When I looked at her rippling arm muscles, I wondered whether they came from workouts at some spy academy or a downtown yoga studio.
So sure, I did suspect from the start that she could be an FBI agent, a police officer, or something else. But if you start being suspicious of newcomers, every honest newbie will look like an infiltrator. I kept my paranoia mostly to myself...The Twitter account was shocking. There was Missy tweeting about the daily grind of working for the District of Columbias Metropolitan Police Department. There were photos of her at the shooting range and a photo of her giant walkie-talkie. There were tweets about the academy and the new morgue.
There was a comment about her working during Barack Obamas presidential inauguration on ninja assignment, and a remark that reading Miranda rights isnt actually required...Spying on protesters is the worst violation of our freedom. It not only disregards the freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and right to privacy of the people who are being spied upon, it makes us crazed and paranoid. One person who turns out to be an infiltrator can keep us pointing fingers at each other for years. It makes us distrustful of people we dont know, instead of finding safe ways to welcome newcomers and building vibrant social movements.
Distrust can mean slow death for a group of any kind...
MORE
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
4 replies, 2150 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (16)
ReplyReply to this post
4 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
How I Exposed an Undercover Cop By Lacy MacAuley (Original Post)
Demeter
Aug 2013
OP
I was accused in late 2008 and again in 2012 as being an undercover cop in Rochester...
Earth_First
Aug 2013
#4
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)1. Ms. Piggy was working against protesters of sweat shops.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/technology/internet/undercover-cop-nicole-rizzi-blows-cover-social-media-sites
Ms. Rizzi puts a new spin on the term "fascist pig".
Ms. Rizzi puts a new spin on the term "fascist pig".
Ash_F
(5,861 posts)2. Do they ever go this far to infiltrate boardroom meetings? /nt
midnight
(26,624 posts)3. It's called divide and conquer.... It's suppose to cause distrust....
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)4. I was accused in late 2008 and again in 2012 as being an undercover cop in Rochester...
Its frustrating and incredibly unfair.
To this day, despite several efforts to dispell this, there are a handful of activitsts and two organizations whom do not trust me nor do I feel ever welcomed by.
Unfortunately its a lot of the reason I do not participate locally much anymore.
Mostly, its the younger anarchist-types who have done a wonderful whisper campaign with other groups...
Then in the same breath, complain there aren't enough interested individuals to mount these campaigns.
Sigh.