G20: Epic Undercover Police Fail

[Turborama]

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Saturday September 26 2009: Three undercover officers attempt to infiltrate a March Against Police Brutality at the University of Pittsburgh, but fail miserably due to their horrendous disguise attempts. During the march, one of them breaks a photographer's camera. This is just one example of a larger pattern of attempts to silence the media during the G20 protests.

[ShortnFiery]

1. It seems that the "Undercover Goons" didn't graduate at the top of their class.

:thumbsdown:

[bertman]

2. Why aren't they chanting like everyone else? Good for the students for outing them.

Recommend.

Our fascist police state at its finest.

[HouLib]

3. So F'n Obvious lol

[annm4peace]

4. thanks for posting

many du'ers who blame the "anarchist" for the violence during protests need to see these provocateurs.

They were found out at two different marches I was at in RNC.

St. Paul Police still won't release the police tapes.. (6000 hours worth) that would show who broke windows during the RNC.


click here to see what you can do:
http://www.worldcantwait.net/index.php/home-mainmenu-289/5879-stand-with-the-g-20-protesters

The most blatant show of military and police force left protesters tear-gassed, subject to piercing sound, shot with rubber bullets, and not allowed to assemble, while the population of Pittsburgh was kept off the streets and rounded up along with people there to deliver messages of opposition to the G-20 ministers.

We put a quick letter together which we will deliver on Thursday. Please circulate this link everywhere so that thousands sign on.

READ Cindy Sheehan's letter from Pittsburgh
Coverage from Rob Kall, National Lawyers Guild

WATCH video and here and here.

SIGN this letter of outrage, to be sent to federal and PA authorities. Deadline 10-1-2009

CONTACT these officials:
Luke Ravenstahl: Mayor of Pittsburgh 412-255-2626
Nathan Harper: Chief of Police, Pittsburgh 412-323-7800
Ed Rendell: Governor of Pennsylvania 717 787-2500

People of conscience must stand together in outrage and not accept this repression from the government on the people. We cannot allow these actions to go quietly into the night and be forgotten.
We are seizing the opportunity to have our voices heard in unison, denouncing the fascist direction of this country. It is with the utmost urgency and for the sake of stopping the police state and reversing this course that WE WILL NOT BE SILENT.

[Celtic Merlin]

7. Were you in Pittsburgh for the G20?

I was born and raised in Pgh. This is my home town.

Much of the violence and property destruction WAS caused by the anarchists. They gave the entire protest movement a bad rep and had the cops all over everybody that moved. Had they not pulled their confrontational and violent bullshit, alot of other folks wouldn't have had to deal with belligerent cops.

Celtic Merlin
Carlinist

[Alcibiades]

5. These guys were not undercover cops

They were regular cops dressed up in costume. A real undercover cop would have put on a much better act, or at least attempted it.

So many cops are former MPs, and they cannot lose their military bearing. They cannot even slouch correctly. That, and their use of the buddy system also makes them conspicuous.

I remember many years ago when I had long hair, I was approached by a couple of undercover cops wanting to buy some weed. I wasn't even selling weed at the time, but there you have it. They were so bad. They didn't come out and ask for weed right off the bat: they wanted some rolling papers, only they used some slang word I had never heard. Then, too, was the fact that we were on the campus of a small college and everybody knew everybody. They were trying to pass themselves off as townies, but it was a black guy and a white guy in a town where the townies didn't really socialize with folks of other races. That and the fact that the black guy did all the talking while the white guy just stood there trying to look cool, wearing sunglasses at dusk. And their military style haircuts. And the fact that they were wearing clothes, while everybody else at that particular party was naked.

But other than that, no one could tell they were cops. They left in less than ten minutes.

[populistdriven]

8. And the fact that they were wearing clothes, while everybody else at that particular party was naked

:rofl:

[Gedankenaustausch]

9. thats great

Me and a buddy kept giving this "undercover cop" wrong directions to a "dealers" house. It was so funny, he kept coming back and asking for the apartment number and we kept giving him numbers that didn't exist at the complex. He kept saying "man I just wanna get blazed," it was like watching a bad movie. When he later said "I wanna get high in the sky" it was hard for us to stop from laughing. I think I could do a better job.... but i could never be a fascist. :)

[Mojorabbit]

11. I attended some parties like that

in the 70's. Memories.

[asdjrocky]

6. Cops are sooooo smart.

[Downtown Hound]

10. Man, these cops are stooopid

They actually tried to keep following the march long after they'd been outed. Usually when an undercover is outed at a protest, they simply give up and go away. Not these two idiots. They seem to be under the impression that if they ignore the crowd then maybe they'll forget about them.