{"article":{"id":2582,"heading":"Documenting the Police State","author":"Kevin Prichard & Shonagh Adelman","created":"2000-08-19 17:09:40","modified":"2005-08-15 00:24:21","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:24:21","article":"DOCUMENTING THE POLICE STATE<\/u><\/b>\r\n
Compiled and Commented by Kevin Prichard & Shonagh\r\nAdelman\r\n\r\n


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DNC 2000 - CHRONOLOGY OF STATE & POLICE RESPONSE TO PROTEST<\/u><\/b>\r\n
As compared with the Seattle WTO, D.C. IMF\/World Bank,\r\nand Philadelphia RNC protests, the DNC protesters had legal guns providing\r\npreemptive action against police behavior.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Political\r\nParties to Protesters: Stay Home\r\n
http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/features\/f072100a.html<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
L.A.\r\nofficials fear trouble from anarchists at Democratic convention\r\n
http:\/\/www.freedomforum.org\/news\/2000\/07\/2000-07-05-05.nml<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Protesters\r\nsue Los Angeles for greater access to Democratic convention\r\n
http:\/\/www.freedomforum.org\/news\/2000\/07\/2000-07-03-03.nml<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Federal\r\ncourt: L.A. must give protesters better access to Democratic convention \r\n
http:\/\/www.freedomforum.org\/news\/2000\/07\/2000-07-20-01.htm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
ACLU\r\nWarns Los Angeles Police Department: Stop Harassing Protesters\r\n
http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/2000\/n080700c.html<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
ACLU\r\nSeeks Court Order to Stop LAPD from Harassing and Intimidating Convention\r\nProtesters\r\n
http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/2000\/n081000a.html\r\n

ACLU\r\nasks court to stop police from harassing L.A. convention protesters (AP)\r\n
http:\/\/www.freedomforum.org\/news\/2000\/08\/2000-08-11-03.htm<\/p><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Federal judge rejects LAPD's security or freedom\r\nof speech choice for protesters<\/i>\r\n
Federal Judge\r\nRequires Los Angeles to Follow First Amendment During the Democratic National\r\nConvention\r\n
http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/2000\/n072000c.html<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Judge Grants Restraining Order Against LAPD from\r\nRaiding Activists<\/i>\r\n
Judge\r\nBars LAPD From Raiding Activist HQ\r\n
http:\/\/www.phillyimc.org\/article.pl?sid=00\/08\/12\/0115253&mode=thread<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
ACLU\r\nSues LAPD For Attacks on Press\r\n
http:\/\/www.aclu-sc.org\/news\/releases\/000816dnc.htm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
ACLU\r\nCondemns Police Response to D2K Rally\r\n
http:\/\/www.aclu-sc.org\/news\/releases\/000815dnc.htm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Police Deny Media Access to Sattelite Van During\r\nBomb Threat<\/i>\r\n
INDEPENDENT\r\nMEDIA CENSORED BY LAPD\r\n
http:\/\/www.phillyimc.org\/article.pl?sid=00\/08\/15\/0131216&mode=thread<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
PETA\r\nActivist Drops Manure at DNC Hotel \r\n
http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/headlines\/081300-02.htm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n

POLICE ACTIVITIES & OBSERVATIONS<\/u><\/b>\r\n
The federal government has been part of a police network keeping tabs\r\non protesters.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
US\r\nArmy Intel Units Spying on Activists\r\n
http:\/\/www.infoshop.org\/news5\/army_intel.html<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Report\r\non Federal Anti-Activist Intelligence Network\r\n
http:\/\/www.flora.org\/flora.mai-not\/20374<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Philadelphia\r\nPolice Admit Surveillance of Protesters\r\n
http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/2000\/w072100a.html<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Timeline of Philly Police Actions against free\r\nspeech<\/i>\r\n
Philly\r\nPolice Against Dissent & Free Speech: A Chronology\r\n
http:\/\/www.phillyimc.org\/article.pl?sid=00\/08\/08\/0155258&mode=thread<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Police\r\nChief Wants Feds to Investigate Protest Movement\r\n
http:\/\/dailynews.yahoo.com\/h\/nm\/20000803\/pl\/campaign_protests_dc_19.html<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Discovery\r\nInstitute Calls for Funding to Investigate \"Riot Conspiracies\"\r\n
http:\/\/monkeyfist.com\/txt\/625\/discovery-institute-investigation-call.txt<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gepeto\r\nAmong Those Arrested in Police Raid of Convergence Center\r\n
http:\/\/www.phillyimc.org\/article.pl?sid=00\/08\/09\/2144227&mode=thread<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Story about US military Psychological Operations\r\npersonnel working as paid interns at CNN's newsroom during the Kosovo war.<\/i>\r\n
U.S.\r\nArmy 'Psyops' Specialists worked for CNN\r\n
http:\/\/www.emperors-clothes.com\/articles\/devries\/psyops.htm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Follow-up story by Alexander Cockburn of Counterpunch\r\non US Army Psy-ops personnel working at CNN's newsroom during Kosovo war.<\/i>\r\n
CNN AND PSYOPS\r\n
http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/cnnpsyops.html<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n

POLICE TRANSPARENCY - ANALYSES<\/u><\/b>\r\n
Insightful reportage and analysis of the apparent federal agenda to\r\nlimit or silence free speech.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Excellent analysis of state and police use of\r\narrest to disrupt and silence dissenting speech.<\/i>\r\n
The Empire\r\nStrikes Back\r\n
http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/images\/empire_strikes.pdf<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Editorial analysis of state and police targeting\r\nof left-wing activists<\/i>\r\n
Police\r\nStates Targets the Left \r\n
http:\/\/www.zohshow.com\/News\/Newsbytes\/tidbits050200b.htm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Editorial on police, politics, and state control\r\nof dissidents in Philadelphia<\/i>\r\n
Convention\r\nConfrontation: The Real Story In Philadelphia\r\n
http:\/\/www.phillyimc.org\/article.pl?sid=00\/08\/08\/0729254&mode=thread<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Police use arrests to interrupt arrests<\/i>\r\n
Disinformation\r\nand arbitrary arrests by Police\r\n
http:\/\/www.phillyimc.org\/article.pl?sid=00\/08\/07\/2030219&mode=thread<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Unrestrained\r\nStories: False Police Claims of Protestor Violence \r\n
http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/display.php3?article_id=543<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Waging\r\nWar on Political Dissent [in Philadelphia]\r\n
http:\/\/monkeyfist.com\/articles\/625<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Editorial on Police-Media Relations in Philadelphia<\/i>\r\n
Conventional\r\nWisdom and the Philadelphia Snow Job\r\n
http:\/\/www.phillyimc.org\/article.pl?sid=00\/08\/10\/2137225&mode=thread<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Report on the loss of civil rights in U.S. after\r\nend of Cold War<\/i>\r\n
The War Came Home\r\nAnd We're Losing It: The Jackboot State\r\n
http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/jackboot.html<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
A Season\r\nof Protest: What Should We Expect?\r\n
http:\/\/monkeyfist.com\/articles\/606<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
AIM\r\n= anti-globalization terrorists?\r\n
http:\/\/nativenashville.com\/wwwboard\/messages\/20.htm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n

POLICE & FEDERAL BACKGROUND INFO<\/u><\/b>\r\n
Government and independent reports about the plansto\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Review of information about infamous USAF 55-2\r\n\"Garden Plot\" plan for using military force to stop political dissidence.\r\nRemind anybody of Central and South America?<\/i>\r\n
Government\r\nplans\r\n
http:\/\/www.phillyimc.org\/article.pl?sid=00\/08\/11\/2114234&mode=thread<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Mitary\r\nAssistance for Civil Disturbances (MACDIS)\r\n
http:\/\/web7.whs.osd.mil\/text\/d302512p.txt<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The KERNER COMMISSION and USAF 55-2\/Garden Plot<\/i>\r\n
U.S. MILITARY CIVIL DISTURBANCE\r\nPLANNING: THE WAR AT HOME\r\n
http:\/\/cryptome.org\/garden-plot.htm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The\r\nStatewide Intelligence Systems Program\r\n
http:\/\/www.iir.com\/Publications\/SISMonograph.htm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Bureau\r\nof Justice Assistance's Annual Report FY 1997 -Funding Resources\r\n
http:\/\/www.ncjrs.org\/txtfiles\/171697.txt<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
REGIONAL\r\nINFORMATION SHARING SYSTEMS PROGRAM\r\n
http:\/\/www.natlnarc.org\/papers\/NNOAC%20RISS.html<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n

POLICE REPRESSION - FIGHTING BACK<\/u><\/b>\r\n
Tools and examples for fighting back against police and state repression.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Guide to Your Rights as a Protester<\/i>\r\n
ACLU Offers Online\r\nGuide on Right to Protest \r\n
http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/2000\/w072400a.html<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Lawsuit filed against US and District of Columbia\r\nover disruption of protests against IMF and World Bank<\/i>\r\n
Government Plotted\r\nto Disrupt Peaceful Protests, Rights Groups Charge\r\n
http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/2000\/n072700b.html<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Judge\r\ncuts bail for woman accused of leading protests\r\n
http:\/\/web.philly.com\/content\/inquirer\/2000\/08\/10\/city\/10pprotest.htm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
In\r\nSecond Lawsuit, ACLU Challenges Seattle's WTO 'No Protest' Zone on Behalf\r\nof Seven Local People\r\n
http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/2000\/n030700c.html<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Village Voice list of online resources for information\r\nabout government, intelligence.<\/i>\r\n
Finding\r\nDocuments the Man Wants to Hide: From Their Vaults to Your Desktop\r\n
http:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/issues\/0019\/kick.shtml<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Protest in the electronic age<\/i>\r\n
E-Bombs\r\nAway! Protest, Panic, and the Politics of Packet Monkeys\r\n
http:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/issues\/0007\/vest.shtml<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Village Voice list of online resources for activists\r\n
Fight\r\nBack Online: Virtual Marchers, Real Results\r\n
http:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/issues\/0019\/murphy.shtml<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Court case against city of Seattle over WTO protest\r\nrights violations<\/i>\r\n
Three Seattle\r\nResidents Accept Judgments in ACLU Lawsuit over WTO \"No Protest Zone\"\r\n
http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/2000\/n081100d.html<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Supreme\r\nCourt Cases Concerning Freedom of Assembly\r\n
http:\/\/www.fac.org\/legal\/supcourt\/assembly.htm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Supreme\r\nCourt Cases on Free Speech\r\n
http:\/\/www.fac.org\/legal\/supcourt\/speech.htm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Anarchists'\r\nFAQ\r\n
http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/CapitolHill\/1931\/<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Anarchistic\r\nAdvice to LAPD\r\n
http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/comment\/20000812\/t000075641.html<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R2K\r\n- Did We Fail As a Movement? Movement Analysis Part II\r\n
http:\/\/www.phillyimc.org\/article.pl?sid=00\/08\/10\/0039253&mode=thread<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Thoughts\r\non Future Actions\r\n
http:\/\/www.phillyimc.org\/article.pl?sid=00\/08\/10\/2021239&mode=thread<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n

MEDIA<\/u><\/b>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
New York's Village Voice visits the Philadelphia\r\nIndependent Media Center<\/i>\r\n
Get Me\r\nDownload!\r\n
http:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/issues\/0031\/carr.shtml<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Village Voice list of online resources for right-wingers.\r\n
activists, hackers, intelligence, federal, conspiracy\r\n
Want\r\nto Understand Conservatives? Read Them. Right Thinking\r\n
http:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/issues\/0019\/ridgeway.shtml<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n

Reports<\/u><\/b>\r\n
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ACLU report on Seattle's handling of protests\r\nduring the WTO meeting.<\/i>\r\n
Out\r\nof Control: Seattle's Flawed Response to Protests Against the World Trade\r\nOrganization\r\n

Report on Seattle WTO meetings from http:\/\/www.parascope.com<\/i>\r\n
WTO Seattle:\r\nPeople 1, WTO 0\r\n<\/p>

Excellent analysis of state and police use of arrest to disrupt and\r\nsilence dissenting speech.<\/i>\r\n
The Empire\r\nStrikes Back\r\n<\/p>

Amnest International's 1999 Report on Police Brutality in the U.S.A.<\/i>\r\n
United\r\nStates of America: Race, Rights and Police Brutality\r\n
http:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/ailib\/aipub\/1999\/AMR\/25114799.htm<\/i>\r\n<\/p>

Report and Analysis of Seattle WTO meetings and the response to protesters\r\nby the National Lawyers Guild<\/i>\r\n
WTO: Investigated,\r\nAnalyzed, Criticized \/ BRINGING IN AN UNDEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION BRINGS AN\r\nUNDEMOCRATIC RESPONSE\r\n
http:\/\/students.washington.edu\/uwnlg\/index.html<\/p><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n

Related Sites<\/u><\/b>\r\n
http:\/\/www.corpwatch.org\/\r\n
http:\/\/www.covertaction.org\/\r\n
http:\/\/www.iir.com\/other\/crimjust.htm#National- Criminal Justice orgs and bureaus\r\n
http:\/\/www.igc.org\/deepdish\/- deepdish television\r\n
http:\/\/209.207.141.249\/ds\/documentslibrary\/- dossier documents library\r\n
http:\/\/www.democracynow.org -Daily Show featuring Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales\r\n
http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/ - Human Rights Watch\r\n
http:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/- State censorship of journalism\r\n
http:\/\/www.intelligenceonline.com\/- International Stories about Government and Military\r\n
http:\/\/www.indymedia.org - Independent Media Center, alternative, non-corporate media\r\n
http:\/\/la.indymedia.org - Los Angeles\/DNC Coverage by Independent Media Center\r\n
http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/radio\/index.php3- Live, 24-hour webradio coverage of the convention.\r\n
http:\/\/www.infoshop.org\/news5\/army_intel.html\r\n
http:\/\/www.pir.org\">http:\/\/www.pir.org\">http:\/\/www.pir.org- Powerful search engine for who knows who in the spy underworld\r\n
http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/- Common Dreams, news site for democracy issues\r\n
http:\/\/www.freespeech.org\/ - Free Speech Internet Television\r\n
http:\/\/www.papertiger.org\/ - Paper Tiger Television, video activism\r\n
http:\/\/www.radioforchange.com\/- Laura Flanders webradio station (from Pacific & FreeSpeech TV)\r\n
http:\/\/www.workingforchange.com\/radio\/index.cfm- Guide to webradio coverage of the conventions\r\n
http:\/\/www.nader.org\/ - The Nader Page, info about Ralph Nader\r\n
http:\/\/www.phillyimc.org\/article.pl?sid=00\/08\/05\/0731254&mode=thread - Ralph Nader crashes the RNC party in Philadelphia\r\n
http:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/ailib\/aipub\/ - Amnesty Internation Publications & Reports\r\n
http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/ - Media and Political Analysis, news site\r\n
http:\/\/www.emperors-clothes.com\/ - Media and Political Analysis, news site\r\n
http:\/\/www.worldnetdaily.com\/ - Political analysis news site\r\n
http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/links.php3 - Coverage of Global Economic Protests\r\n
http:\/\/www.shadowconvention.com\/ - Alternative to the Republicrats' conventions.\r\n
http:\/\/www.d2kla.org\/ - Gathering place for demonstration organizers\r\n
http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/ - Alternative coverage of political events, news site\r\n
http:\/\/www.ems.org\/ - Environmental Media Services - newswire for environmental issues\r\n
http:\/\/cryptome.org\/ - Classified, Declassified, otherwise interesting information about gov'ts, spies, military\r\n
 \r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\n","contact":"marzipan@usa.net","link":"http:\/\/www.prichard.org\/","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"This article presents a chronology of DNC 2000 legal actions by protesters, and actions by police and state against protesters, as sets of links to articles. Includes excellent background information on U.S. Federal plans for handling non-violent protesters, as well as thorough analysis of police tactics.","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2000\/08\/documentingpolicestate.html.html","filesize":"25.3 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2000\/08\/2582.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":2620,"heading":"news summary","article":"This is a great chronology! Thank you for putting links all in one place. \r\nTwo suggestions: it would help if every piece were dated, if not in the URL then in the description. And small white font on grey is very, very hard to read. \r\ncmb ","author":"Carolyn Birden","parent_id":2582,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-08-19 18:40:22","modified":"2000-08-19 18:53:00","fileurl":""},{"id":2695,"heading":"this is a great service to the movement!","article":"Since this great gathering of activist-friendly info is bound to get lost down the scroll, I suggest making it the centerpiece of a whole new website dedicated specifically to, as your title says, documenting the police state, i.e., all this attempted clampdown on free speech and genuine democracy.\r\n\r\nIt's now obvious to many that the powers that be are responding to civil society's proactive battle against corporate rule by pushing the envelope on what is \"acceptable\" police behavior in a \"free\" society. This trend needs to be THOROUGHLY DOCUMENTED! (as in \"you're watching us? well, we're watching you!\") I'm sure there's already a potential submovement of activists who have personally borne the brunt of all this police thuggery in their experiences in Seattle, D.C., Philly, L.A., MInneapolis, etc. who could contribute to such a project.\r\n\r\nGo for it, the activist community'll love you for it, and I think John Locke & Jean-Jacques Rousseau would too!\r\n\r\n\r\n","author":"Jeff Stevens","parent_id":2582,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-08-19 21:40:02","modified":"2000-08-19 21:52:46","fileurl":""}]}