A thousand (and ten) words on black bloc tactics

[Bucky]

I'm sure they're careful to check their shoes now

[applegrove]

1. That happened near Ottawa at Montebello, Quebec. I was so disappointed with

my country when that happened.

[NYC_SKP]

2. Pretty sloppy of them...

Good catch!

fuckers!!!

[Brickbat]

3. Not current OWS or even in the U.S., but still an important picture.

[Poll_Blind]

4. Yup- the cycle is complete. The police justify their budget and actions by manufacturing criminals.

It's an amazingly good racket if you can pull it off without being undetected.

PB

[Poll_Blind]

5. BTW, I encourge all to watch the video about this scene and how the crowd PREVENTED cops from...

...provoking a riot- which would allow them to go in and crack skulls with an excuse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St1-WTc1kow">HERE

PB

[Warpy]

6. Gee, what a surprise.

At least the cops took the violent SOBs down. Here they just wait until some idiot has smashed a window and go in breaking heads at random. The violent bastard usually gets away clean.

[Jenny_92808]

7. I think you misunderstood what happened...

The cops were undercover pretending they were protestors, trying to invoke violence to set up the situation so the cops could bash heads....so to speak. Check out their cop issued boots.

[Warpy]

9. I think you're misunderstanding, too

They're on the ground with cuffs on, other cops standing over them. Usually the trashers get away clean while everybody who is nonviolent gets attacked by police who are itching for a fight.

Yes, they're likely cops. However, seeing them on the ground like that instead of being hustled away is very unusual.

[politicat]

8. SRSLY?

Well... There's a reason hazmat calls them blue canaries.... Brains, not their best feature.

I can't see that as coincidence - those are danner acadias, about 3 years old. At $350 a pair, they don't show up used very often, and they're not carried in many stores. But lots of departments issue 'em.

Point to remember, then: look at the shoes, and get familiar with tactical boot logos. Shoes are the hardest thing to acquire in a disguise because most have to be broken in. Danners, 5.11s, swat, converse tactical, Oakley, haix... Those aren't easily available to the general public.

[flvegan]

10. Look like Vibrams to me.