> I did observe one disturbing possible trend. A tiny number of VERY
> aggressive counter demonstrators showed up to midtown and to an NYU
> demonstration. They had clearly been pre-organized as a group and the
> police finessed the logistics so that they remained in the very middle
> of the demonstrations, even though the counter-demonstrators were thus
> blocking the sidewalks (protestors were quickly arrested if they did
> this). Aside from trying to provoke fights, the counter-demonstrators
> were then assured almost equal time in the press reports. And many of
> the visual shots appeared to show two equal sized groups arguing.
> Never mind that the numbers were 50 to 1. Later, I personally
> observed one counter demonstrator exchanging phone numbers with a
> police supervisor.
>
Any LBOers want to take a guess on who was behind this
counter-demonstration?
1) NYPD 2) Feds (FBI) 3) Rendon Group, Hill & Knowlton or other K Street PR firm 4) The Bush administration
Don't underestimate the possibility that the NYPD was behind this. We're just now finding out how much the DC MPD here has been infiltrating activist groups here in Washington.
Chuck0