Don't accept the 'one rotten apple' spiel. Too many coppers watched him go down. Too many coppers kept their mouths shut. Too many coppers were glad he died.
've read quite a few reports of police officers on the protests deliberately covering up their police numbers on their uniforms before attacking protestors, and this seems to have been the case with the one who attacked Ian Tomlinson. What are the procedures for investigating and prosecuting these officers, obviously by definition they're hard to identify but I'd imagine it's taken very seriously in disciplinary terms, at least in theory. The police officer has a duty to identify him or herself, and we have a right to be able to identify him. This should be taken very seriously on all demos - if a cop has no numer showing, get right in his face and take his picture, and make it clear to him you will be sending it to the relevant authorities - or maybe posting it online. Anyone with more more spare time than me care to start a fitwatch-style website exposing police officers who hide their badges, in fact?
In the Antagonist link from this blog look at the baseball cap worn by the person in the foreground of the first picture. Other examples of this certain baseball cap can be seen being worn by FIT photographers both on this blog site and also on flickr under the group forwards intelligence.Is this a coincidence or maybe not? If the cap FIT's and all that. itsafitup/little brother 84
you're a little bit dim, but * if I * spell * it * out * a * little * slowly, * then * we'll * see. The * point * is * that * the * thugs * covered * their * numbers * with * the * express * intention * of * visiting * cowardly * brutal * behaviour * upon * people - people of their own society. Behaving just like brutal collaborating swine and traitors. Does this help you to see why these enemies within must be exposed and withdrawn from public service? I do hope so.
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.
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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You sad sad sad people. actually get a life and do something useful
When Ian Tomlinson was put to the floor by a cop shortly before he died, one of the police officers with whom he appears to be trying to speak to seems to be FIT.
Can anyone identify him?
http://bristle.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/blogg20witnessoraccessory.jpg
Don't accept the 'one rotten apple' spiel. Too many coppers watched him go down. Too many coppers kept their mouths shut. Too many coppers were glad he died.
Blogpost from the Antagonist.
've read quite a few reports of police officers on the protests deliberately covering up their police numbers on their uniforms before attacking protestors, and this seems to have been the case with the one who attacked Ian Tomlinson. What are the procedures for investigating and prosecuting these officers, obviously by definition they're hard to identify but I'd imagine it's taken very seriously in disciplinary terms, at least in theory. The police officer has a duty to identify him or herself, and we have a right to be able to identify him. This should be taken very seriously on all demos - if a cop has no numer showing, get right in his face and take his picture, and make it clear to him you will be sending it to the relevant authorities - or maybe posting it online. Anyone with more more spare time than me care to start a fitwatch-style website exposing police officers who hide their badges, in fact?
In the Antagonist link from this blog look at the baseball cap worn by the person in the foreground of the first picture.
Other examples of this certain baseball cap can be seen being worn by FIT photographers both on this blog site and also on flickr under the group forwards intelligence.Is this a coincidence or maybe not? If the cap FIT's and all that. itsafitup/little brother 84
There's a young blond FIT chap and a bespectacled snapper in a picture on the London Daily News website I've not seen on here:
http://www.thelondondailynews.com/images/pol%20photo.jpg
Please put up pictures of yourselves?
Or can i do that?
I would cover up my numbers if I was to get this sort of treatment. Why should you have their details and not share your own with the world???
jonsparta,
you're a little bit dim, but * if I * spell * it * out * a * little * slowly, * then * we'll * see. The * point * is * that * the * thugs * covered * their * numbers * with * the * express * intention * of * visiting * cowardly * brutal * behaviour * upon * people - people of their own society. Behaving just like brutal collaborating swine and traitors. Does this help you to see why these enemies within must be exposed and withdrawn from public service? I do hope so.
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