Disobedience will get you an 'A' in this classroom (RIOT TACTICS!)

San Francisco Chronicle (the BAY GUARDIAN with a Sports page...) ^ | 3/26/03 | Joe Garafoli

[MikalM]

San Francisco -- More than 600 journalists are embedded with the U.S. military forces in the Middle East. But no journalists are believed to have been embedded in the peace movement.

Until now.

The invitation to attend an activist training session came from organizers with Direct Action to Stop the War, the umbrella group that coordinated the civil disobedience protests that knotted up downtown San Francisco last week and have led to 2,300 arrests. While activists aren't planning any more large- scale civil disobedience, they will aim protests at corporations they deem to be "war profiteers."

[Paleo Conservative]

Do they show how to make Molotov cocktails?

[Black Agnes]

Sometimes they just pee...

Peeing Guy

Why isn't that fence electrified I want to know!?

[CrimeOf73]

while you're blocking an intersection

If area DA's want to stop these protests, they should announce that they've stopped prosecuting vehicular manslaughter cases.

[irv]

Do they show how to make Molotov cocktails?

That's in the advanced course. You know how it goes. First the free seminar to get your interest. Then they enroll you in the full course that costs a lot of money.

Then there's the certification exam (fees) the continuing education credits (and associated fees) ad infinitum

[philetus]

How to handle anti-war protesters.

Chapter 2
Lesson 4
When they go limp, a swift kick to the kidney will cause them to want to get up and evade a second such kick.

[Black Agnes]

Riot tactics 101.

[MonroeDNA]

I hire people.

I ask what they think of the US.

[Doctor Raoul]

while you're blocking an intersection

Hopefully, they have classes on how to get tire marks out of your "Free Mumia" t-shirt.

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[Black Agnes]

Fry Mumia!

[nutmeg]

Some other FReeper coined the term "Peace Riots". Maybe this should be known as "Peace Riot Tactics 101"!

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[nutmeg]

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[CGTRWK]

There were no snacks. But someone did offer a bite of her Luna bar.

Loons.

[NYCVirago]

Next, the class moved on to "de-escalation tactics." Or what to say while you're blocking an intersection, and a marooned motorist is cussing you out. Keep your arms down, palms open and facing the motorist. Speak in a soft voice and try to find common ground. "Ask people, 'What do you need?' " DeSpain suggested. Maybe they just need to vent, she said.

They "need" you protestors to get the bleep out of their way! Only the left would take "playing in traffic" and change it into a form of protest!

[ladyinred]

Why isn't that fence electrified I want to know!?

Better yet, why wasn't Lorena Bobbit on the other side of the fence with her trusty knife?

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Have dogs, cat horses, pigs, sheep etc.?

Put your animal crap in thin plastic bags, throw it at protestors blocking traffic...

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Have dogs, cats, horses, pigs, sheep etc.?

Put your animal crap in thin plastic bags, throw it at protestors blocking traffic...