Exactly.
They are organized at least to the company level, with some novel and fairly sophisticated tactics. Everything that is old is new again, using the bike riders as skirmishers to fix the targets for light infantry to attack with blunt weapons (rocks, bottles, etc, with demolition squads to burn targets, but using fairly advanced comms to run the whole thing.
At issue is whether the infantry companies have higher level coordination and to they have a plan if and when they have to deal with organized opposition (force on force).
I have the feeling they are not just looking to martyr some stupid kids to make a point - they may actually be working toward seizing and holding objectives.
Comms could be disrupted if the local authorities had wanted to kill the cell towers in the area. Cops and military don’t use cell phones. You get cell signal and blue tooth squelchers up and running and these folks can’t talk to each other. Their tactics require the use of instant communications. Squelch those and they would be stuck with UNIDEN type handheld walky talky type CB 40 channel(with sidebands) radios that might go several miles but can be jammed or listened in on. Lots more interference as well. There are some transceiver sets on the market that reach out farther but still are useless with the types of tactics these folks are using
If you make it so signals can’t go in and out, these protests would be easily scattered and rendered disorganized.
It sounds like Portland is more quiet and a lot of people suspect that’s because their people have been re-deployed to Kenosha and Washington DC. That suggests higher level coordination.
I’m astounded that the feds have not infiltrated these groups and broken up their financing and communications. This has been going on since the WTO riots in Seattle in 1999. And 30 years more than that if you count Ayers and the Weather Underground.