Fit watch: Rogues' Gallery

Monday, 30 March 2009

Rogues' Gallery

Pictures from Saturday's march.

Using the little grey cell: FH433

That's handy: SX426

Lawn and order: KD54 and KD111

I've a hunch: U5606 and U2105

The future's bright: MD862 Wesley Pritchard (minus neck brace)

It's good to talk: CO5073

CO5479

Who's that man? RY240, RY124

YE11 and YE88

Follow follow: KD54 and KD111 take a stroll in the Ministry of Defence gardens

Keep 'em peeled: KD54

CW2339, CW3182

HT19, HT915

EK127, Alan Palfrey

Furtive: KD54. Note Stephen Discombe - CO2558 - lurking in background

D39

A rare picture of CO5466, 'Laughing boy', with inspector and CO5029 Graham Wettone

D39, BS420

Chris Mattock, FH433, ZD57 Glenn Williams

RY240, RY124, BS420, D39

CW3055, HT88, and, all the way from Essex, please welcome 13

U3191, with ZD4 Joe Ross. Mind those nails!

Left to right: football fan SX426, CO5494 Ian Skivens, TW107

Billy Nomates: CW3055

I s-pie blue: CO5466 'Laughing boy', CO2558 Stephen Discombe, EK127 Alan Palfrey

Should have gone to Specsavers: HT915

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: maybe im missing the point but arent they pictures of normal police officers just "standing about" they dont seem particularly threatening to me; 1 April 2009 at 11:39
Anonymous said...: no, they are pictures of the forward intelligence team. i don't think you've quite grasped the purpose or subject of this blog.; 2 April 2009 at 04:05
Anonymous said...: You mean there is a purpose to this blog? Seems like a police related version of train spotting to me. Get a life!; 15 April 2009 at 04:01
Anonymous said...: Well said!; 15 April 2009 at 08:30
Anonymous said...: These men and women do not belong to British society. The belong with sturmgruppen and sonderkommando. They do need to be watched carefully for that moment when they reveal their true selves.
Whack from the back! Hit 'er quick. Bash 'im the face wiv me shield and so on...
But your hand is no longer quicker than the all-seeing eyes of the digital age. Your numbers are up....all over the net..BWAH HA HA!!
Get used to it.; 21 April 2009 at 16:19

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Who are FIT Watch?

Fit Watch are a fluid group of people who have come together to resist and oppose the tactics of the Forward Intelligence Teams (cops who harass protesters).

We aim to act in solidarity with each other, supporting campaigns by being at meetings and protests, making it harder for the police to film and gather intelligence.

We hope to encourage a culture where their presence is not acceptable and to act when we see people being followed and harassed.

We aim to make it harder for them to photograph and intimidate us by getting in the way of their cameras, taking photos and publishing as much information as we can about them on our blog.

Please add info as a comment or send to defycops(at)yahoo.co.uk

Some Ideas For Fitwatching

FIT Watch can be done by anyone and can be as passive or as confrontational as you wish. Here are some tactics we have found to be effective:

1.Holding large banners in front of photographers. This is particularly effective with double sheets on sticks which can block a camera from a distance. This is the least confrontational way of blocking photography.

2.Taking photos of them. They really don’t like this but it isn’t illegal. With any photos it’s always good to either try and get the cop’s number in the shot, or note it down.

3.Following the FIT. Pick a team and tail them. Turn their tactics onto them – everything time they send a text message look over their shoulder, listen to their phone conversations, look at what they’re writing in their notebooks.

4.Watch out for group huddles, especially with senior officers and go and unobtrusively stand by them. This disrupts their briefings and there’s always the possibility you might learn some useful information.

5.Upload any information gathered about the FIT to www.fitwatch.blogspot.com or email to defycops@yahoo.co.uk

6.Put yourself physically in the way of the camera men by standing constantly in front of the camera and constantly shadow them. This has been the most confrontational tactic used so far and has therefore been the one people have been arrested for. However it has also been possible to do this without arrest, especially if there are larger numbers doings this.

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