The way it usually works is that your announced plan includes two separate actins: There will be a peaceful (Note: not non-violent) demonstration, rally, legal picket, etc, and IN ADDITION there will be on the part of some of the demonstrators non-violent civil-disobedience. And one can offer just so much ‘protection’ (mostly in the form of simple information) of the naïve. If they are as totally naïve as shag seems to suggest here, too fucking bad. There will be times when the cops attack peaceful (note: peaceful, i.e. legal) demonstrations. The organizers are not responsible for that, and there is no reason to be creeped out. You do not deliberately deceive people, of course, as to the possibility of police violence, but you don’t worry too much about it either.
I notice that tj has got Bill B’s number.
Carrol