I read about that and it was fairly well organized but I don't see much about equipment. Got more info?
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I was living in the area at the time. I knew a couple of people who were observing the events as they transpired.
A small group of black clad and masked individuals were seen to be wearing what was either padded clothing or body armor, cups, and heavy boots. One of them was een to have taken a shot to groin from a police billy club with no apparent effect. All were seen to have the tell-tale curly-que leads of a single earphone. They were well-coordinated (not bad for anarchists, huh?) in that they did a smash-and-run attack on highly visible establishments lime McDonalds and Starbucks, leaving al lof the other silly fools in animal costumes and body paint to take the brunt of the police response.