Thursday, December 27, 2007
Punishing Protest
Public Eye magazine examines new tactics used by police to prevent dissent and silence free speech. In this article leading up to the DNC and RNC 2008 conventions, Heidi Boghosian and Abby Scher look at NYPD 2004, and how by using techniques such as undercover "snatch squads" to kidnap and detain legal observers, New York police were able to intimidate protestors.
Reviewing the methods of police to infiltrate and manipulate pro-democracy groups like the American Friends Service Committee and National Lawyers Guild, we learn of widespread FBI threats targeting community activists, deliberate provocation by police, and doctored evidence to criminalize critics of mainstream politics.
Possibly the most important article you'll read this year.
Reviewing the methods of police to infiltrate and manipulate pro-democracy groups like the American Friends Service Committee and National Lawyers Guild, we learn of widespread FBI threats targeting community activists, deliberate provocation by police, and doctored evidence to criminalize critics of mainstream politics.
Possibly the most important article you'll read this year.
