http://lawiscool.com/2009/10/25/ryan-venables-on-police-instigators-at-montebello/?nucrss=1 The law school blog and podcast from Canada Mon, 07 May 2012 13:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://lawiscool.com/2009/10/25/ryan-venables-on-police-instigators-at-montebello/comment-page-1/#comment-7054 Darius Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:55:47 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/?p=2164#comment-7054 Sure these cops were infiltrators.. but this doesn't mean that the protest would have stayed peaceful without them.. not everybody present in montebello were followers of pathological pacifism, an many were prepared for self-defense when the uniformed police officers attacked us. It wasn't just provocateurs who were carrying rocks. Many victims of the police's chemical weapons picked up rocks and other objects and hurled them back at the pigs, and they were totally justified in doing this. Police are still infiltrating our ranks outside of protests.. this is the real problem. This whole outing of police provocateurs seems staged to disuade people away from militant tactics.. maybe the point was to get caught so that people at future demos dont support those who believe in a diversity of tactics and makes people think every black-clad militant protester is a provocateur.. Sure these cops were infiltrators.. but this doesn’t mean that the protest would have stayed peaceful without them.. not everybody present in montebello were followers of pathological pacifism, an many were prepared for self-defense when the uniformed police officers attacked us. It wasn’t just provocateurs who were carrying rocks. Many victims of the police’s chemical weapons picked up rocks and other objects and hurled them back at the pigs, and they were totally justified in doing this.
Police are still infiltrating our ranks outside of protests.. this is the real problem. This whole outing of police provocateurs seems staged to disuade people away from militant tactics.. maybe the point was to get caught so that people at future demos dont support those who believe in a diversity of tactics and makes people think every black-clad militant protester is a provocateur..

]]> http://lawiscool.com/2009/10/25/ryan-venables-on-police-instigators-at-montebello/comment-page-1/#comment-7044 David Heap Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:38:16 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/?p=2164#comment-7044 Does anyone rally believe that three cops could decide to infiltrate the protest without their chain of command knowing what was going down? The front guys are taking the rap for the brass (again). Does anyone rally believe that three cops could decide to infiltrate the protest without their chain of command knowing what was going down? The front guys are taking the rap for the brass (again).

]]> http://lawiscool.com/2009/10/25/ryan-venables-on-police-instigators-at-montebello/comment-page-1/#comment-7042 Skinny Dipper Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:43:45 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/?p=2164#comment-7042 I wish to thank you for your very informative blogpost--especially from your point of view as a former police officer. I wish to thank you for your very informative blogpost–especially from your point of view as a former police officer.

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