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Kettling protesters, provoking them with multiple charges, then pushing them to "expendable" places with cars and shops is a common tactics to smear their publi
by squarefoot 3y ago
Kettling protesters, provoking them with multiple charges, then pushing them to "expendable" places with cars and shops is a common tactics to smear their public image. Someone will eventually lose their patience, throw something at a car or a window, to be immediately caught by a camera and broadcast nation wide with comments by political opponents. This happens pretty much in every so called democratic country; in other countries the police directly shoots at protesters.
- mike_hock 3y ago"Someone," not necessarily an actual protester, will eventually "lose their patience."
- 93po 3y agoI was on the ground floor at George Floyd protests in Seattle and someone mysteriously left a large pile of neatly stacked bricks in the location where police kettled us.
- Tronno 3y agoTo add: Quebec police infiltrated a peaceful protest while wearing face masks and carrying rocks. In this case the protestors picked up the ruse and kicked them out. Of course they claim they weren't trying to instigate anything. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/quebec-police-admit-they-went-undercover-at-montebello-protest-1.656171 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/quebec-police-admit-they-went...
- alsetmusic 3y agoI saw a video, years ago, where three guys in masks and boots (matching the nearby cops’ boots) were trying to instigate. A protest leader with a white beard was loudly denouncing them and saying they wanted no violence and that they weren’t part of their group. The instigators left, crossing into the crowd of cops in uniform unheeded. Huh, what a coinkidink.