Posted on 04/20/2002 7:59:27 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:20 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Police fanned out on quiet downtown streets Saturday as thousands of demonstrators readied plans to protest monetary policy, the war on terrorism and other issues.
Scores of officers stood outside the buildings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, which have been circled by waist-high metal barricades. Officers wore patrol uniforms, but many carried large black bags full of riot gear.
"What we have to do is make sure the groups don't go at each other and wind up with someone getting harmed," Police Chief Charles Ramsey said Saturday.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
A new internal memo from the Washington, D.C. Police Department warns police that protestors this weekend might use violence and pipe bombs, and specifically tells police to be alert for persons who are photographing, videotapping or taking notes, the D.C. Independent Media Center has learned.
The document, obtained this morning by the Independent Media Center, paints protestors and media producers alike as suspicious and potentially dangerous.
"It is possible that some of the radical groups that are involved may stage so-called 'probing' incidents between now and the actual event," the memo reads. "Such incidents are intended to test police, fire and EMS response. Such incidents may include vandalism, pipe bombings, or 'Molotov cocktails.'"
Specifically, police are told to be alert for "suspicious" people who are gathering information about police activities or calling police on the phone "posing" as reporters. The memo recommends that police should photograph people on the streets who are photographing, videotaping or taking notes.
The memo paints a negative image of protestors and independent reporters, and was issued a day before rank and file officers take to the streets to work during the demonstrations. [Full Story]
This was in the days before widespread and inexpensive xeroxing. (Yes, it has been that recent).
Well, that's a new twist to "the dog ate my homework" line! Just kidding! Your comment was just too tempting!
There have been some papers I have written that I would have been grateful for a B!
Do you have a conscience? The lefties are right [pun intended] once in a while -- the IMF and World Bank destroy the poor.
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