You Have The Right To... Be Ensnared?

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:31 am

Anything you say or do will be supplemented by illegal devices provided to you free of charge by undercover police.

The Occupy Austin protesters were given PVC pipe to cover their arms locked together during a sit-in. "The activists locked arms inside tubes made of PVC pipe that the police had designed, constructed and dropped off for the protest." Those who used the provided device were charged with a felony instead of a misdemeanor.

They only found out they'd been set up by tracking down the infiltrator themselves. A lawyer suspected infiltration because the charges are really uncommon, tracing back to when a film projector was declared a criminal instrument to stop showings of Deep Throat .

Infiltrating Occupy: Austin Activists Face Charges for Equipment Provided by Undercover Police

Post by **LarsMac** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:49 am

This was always a problem during the sixties.

We always had to be wary of people who "just wanted to help the cause"

we learned the hard way, too.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:23 pm

LarsMac;1404062 wrote: This was always a problem during the sixties.

We always had to be wary of people who "just wanted to help the cause"

we learned the hard way, too.

That's right. My group, SDS, exposed many a cop & even FBI. Funny, it was usually the guy making the most noise, throwing stuff, urging people to rush the police. They were just baby infiltrators, learning the game.

Post by **LarsMac** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:33 pm

Those were the days.

koan · Post by **koan** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:30 am

I'd like to stage a protest against ensnarement and see if they try it.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 4:53 am

Laziness.

It comes to something when you have to have the police provide you with your protest kit.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:09 pm

Dan;1404232 wrote: Laziness.

It comes to something when you have to have the police provide you with your protest kit.

Did you notice the undercover part?