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Undercover cop smashes windeows,encouraging others to join during protest
Outed undercover cop pulls gun on Oakland protesters
A white undercover police officer, his hand and gun shaking after being spotted and identified as a cop posing as a protester, points his gun at the photographer as his partner wrestles the protester who outed them to the ground and arrests him. The white cop, suspicious for his out-of-date clothes, acted scared and confused, losing the scarf that had masked his face and handling his gun with cowboy bravado to conceal his fear.
A white undercover police officer, his hand and gun shaking after being spotted and identified as a cop posing as a protester, points his gun at the photographer as his partner wrestles the protester who outed them to the ground and arrests him. The white cop, suspicious for his out-of-date clothes, acted scared and confused, losing the scarf that had masked his face and handling his gun with cowboy bravado to conceal his fear. – Photo: Noah Berger
A Berkeley-Oakland march protesting police violence following the murders of Mike Brown and Eric Garner ended abruptly late Wednesday night, Dec. 10, after an undercover police officer pulled a gun on protesters and arrested and assaulted the Black man who blew their cover.
The two undercover agents, seen in the photo, were hidden within the crowd of a couple hundred protests who marched from near UC Berkeley to downtown Oakland Wednesday night, including Berkeley High School students who had participated in a mass walk-out that afternoon, in the third week of nightly protests against police violence against people of color and the non-indictment of the white officers who killed Mike Brown and Eric Garner.
The man seen being arrested in the photo had “outed” the undercover cops and, once their covers were blown, a fight broke out and dozens of police officers swarmed in, running so quickly, their helmets, night sticks and other gear were falling to the ground.
Outed undercover cop pulls gun on Oakland protesters
Thursday, December 11, 2014 16:17
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(Before It's News)
by Tynan Krakoff
A white undercover police officer, his hand and gun shaking after being spotted and identified as a cop posing as a protester, points his gun at the photographer as his partner wrestles the protester who outed them to the ground and arrests him. The white cop, suspicious for his out-of-date clothes, acted scared and confused, losing the scarf that had masked his face and handling his gun with cowboy bravado to conceal his fear. – Photo: Noah Berger
A white undercover police officer, his hand and gun shaking after being spotted and identified as a cop posing as a protester, points his gun at the photographer as his partner wrestles the protester who outed them to the ground and arrests him. The white cop, suspicious for his out-of-date clothes, acted scared and confused, losing the scarf that had masked his face and handling his gun with cowboy bravado to conceal his fear. – Photo: Noah Berger
A Berkeley-Oakland march protesting police violence following the murders of Mike Brown and Eric Garner ended abruptly late Wednesday night, Dec. 10, after an undercover police officer pulled a gun on protesters and arrested and assaulted the Black man who blew their cover.
The two undercover agents, seen in the photo, were hidden within the crowd of a couple hundred protests who marched from near UC Berkeley to downtown Oakland Wednesday night, including Berkeley High School students who had participated in a mass walk-out that afternoon, in the third week of nightly protests against police violence against people of color and the non-indictment of the white officers who killed Mike Brown and Eric Garner.
The man seen being arrested in the photo had “outed” the undercover cops and, once their covers were blown, a fight broke out and dozens of police officers swarmed in, running so quickly, their helmets, night sticks and other gear were falling to the ground.
The white agent had been seen throughout the night and trying to encourage others to join him. No other arrests were made.
From the Frantz Fanon quote on several banners to the faces in the protest crowd, the march Wednesday night was largely Black and other people of color and Black-led. The numbers were smaller than on previous nights – 100-200 protesters – because of the anticipated “storm of the decade,” the wind already whipping up. Some signs metaphorically read “A storm is coming.” – Photo: Nick Radhawa, @nicksinghrandhawa
From the Frantz Fanon quote on several banners to the faces in the protest crowd, the march Wednesday night was largely Black and other people of color and Black-led. The numbers were smaller than on previous nights – 100-200 protesters – because of the anticipated “storm of the decade,” the wind already whipping up. Some signs metaphorically read “A storm is coming.” – Photo: Nick Radhawa, @nicksinghrandhawa
The white agent had been seen throughout the night smashing various windows and trying to encourage others to join him.
The encounter occurred on 24th Street near Harrison in Oakland Lake Merritt and the Whole Foods store, which the police seemed determined to protect after the Whole Foods store in Berkeley had been the target of protesters.
From the Frantz Fanon quote on several banners to the faces in the protest crowd, the march Wednesday night was largely Black and other people of color and Black-led. The numbers were smaller than on previous nights – 100-200 protesters – because of the anticipated “storm of the decade,” the wind already whipping up. Some signs metaphorically read “A storm is coming.” – Photo: Nick Radhawa, @nicksinghrandhawa
From the Frantz Fanon quote on several banners to the faces in the protest crowd, the march Wednesday night was largely Black and other people of color and Black-led. The numbers were smaller than on previous nights – 100-200 protesters – because of the anticipated “storm of the decade,” the wind already whipping up. Some signs metaphorically read “A storm is coming.” – Photo: Nick Radhawa, @nicksinghrandhawa
The white agent had been seen throughout the night smashing various windows and trying to encourage others to join him.
Both Oakland and Berkeley police reportedly denied they employed the agents. Lt. Chris Bolton, @OPDChris, confirmed on Twitter at 11:17 a.m. Dec. 11, “Yes, it was a CHP (California Highway Patrol) arrest conducted by CHP officers.”
The encounter occurred on 24th Street near Harrison in Oakland Lake Merritt and the Whole Foods store, which the police seemed determined to protect after the Whole Foods store in Berkeley had been the target of protesters.
A white undercover police officer, his hand and gun shaking after being spotted and identified as a cop posing as a protester, points his gun at the photographer as his partner wrestles the protester who outed them to the ground and arrests him. The white cop, suspicious for his out-of-date clothes, acted scared and confused, losing the scarf that had masked his face and handling his gun with cowboy bravado to conceal his fear.
A white undercover police officer, his hand and gun shaking after being spotted and identified as a cop posing as a protester, points his gun at the photographer as his partner wrestles the protester who outed them to the ground and arrests him. The white cop, suspicious for his out-of-date clothes, acted scared and confused, losing the scarf that had masked his face and handling his gun with cowboy bravado to conceal his fear. – Photo: Noah Berger
A Berkeley-Oakland march protesting police violence following the murders of Mike Brown and Eric Garner ended abruptly late Wednesday night, Dec. 10, after an undercover police officer pulled a gun on protesters and arrested and assaulted the Black man who blew their cover.
The two undercover agents, seen in the photo, were hidden within the crowd of a couple hundred protests who marched from near UC Berkeley to downtown Oakland Wednesday night, including Berkeley High School students who had participated in a mass walk-out that afternoon, in the third week of nightly protests against police violence against people of color and the non-indictment of the white officers who killed Mike Brown and Eric Garner.
The man seen being arrested in the photo had “outed” the undercover cops and, once their covers were blown, a fight broke out and dozens of police officers swarmed in, running so quickly, their helmets, night sticks and other gear were falling to the ground.
Outed undercover cop pulls gun on Oakland protesters
Thursday, December 11, 2014 16:17
0
(Before It's News)
by Tynan Krakoff
A white undercover police officer, his hand and gun shaking after being spotted and identified as a cop posing as a protester, points his gun at the photographer as his partner wrestles the protester who outed them to the ground and arrests him. The white cop, suspicious for his out-of-date clothes, acted scared and confused, losing the scarf that had masked his face and handling his gun with cowboy bravado to conceal his fear. – Photo: Noah Berger
A white undercover police officer, his hand and gun shaking after being spotted and identified as a cop posing as a protester, points his gun at the photographer as his partner wrestles the protester who outed them to the ground and arrests him. The white cop, suspicious for his out-of-date clothes, acted scared and confused, losing the scarf that had masked his face and handling his gun with cowboy bravado to conceal his fear. – Photo: Noah Berger
A Berkeley-Oakland march protesting police violence following the murders of Mike Brown and Eric Garner ended abruptly late Wednesday night, Dec. 10, after an undercover police officer pulled a gun on protesters and arrested and assaulted the Black man who blew their cover.
The two undercover agents, seen in the photo, were hidden within the crowd of a couple hundred protests who marched from near UC Berkeley to downtown Oakland Wednesday night, including Berkeley High School students who had participated in a mass walk-out that afternoon, in the third week of nightly protests against police violence against people of color and the non-indictment of the white officers who killed Mike Brown and Eric Garner.
The man seen being arrested in the photo had “outed” the undercover cops and, once their covers were blown, a fight broke out and dozens of police officers swarmed in, running so quickly, their helmets, night sticks and other gear were falling to the ground.
The white agent had been seen throughout the night and trying to encourage others to join him. No other arrests were made.
From the Frantz Fanon quote on several banners to the faces in the protest crowd, the march Wednesday night was largely Black and other people of color and Black-led. The numbers were smaller than on previous nights – 100-200 protesters – because of the anticipated “storm of the decade,” the wind already whipping up. Some signs metaphorically read “A storm is coming.” – Photo: Nick Radhawa, @nicksinghrandhawa
From the Frantz Fanon quote on several banners to the faces in the protest crowd, the march Wednesday night was largely Black and other people of color and Black-led. The numbers were smaller than on previous nights – 100-200 protesters – because of the anticipated “storm of the decade,” the wind already whipping up. Some signs metaphorically read “A storm is coming.” – Photo: Nick Radhawa, @nicksinghrandhawa
The white agent had been seen throughout the night smashing various windows and trying to encourage others to join him.
The encounter occurred on 24th Street near Harrison in Oakland Lake Merritt and the Whole Foods store, which the police seemed determined to protect after the Whole Foods store in Berkeley had been the target of protesters.
From the Frantz Fanon quote on several banners to the faces in the protest crowd, the march Wednesday night was largely Black and other people of color and Black-led. The numbers were smaller than on previous nights – 100-200 protesters – because of the anticipated “storm of the decade,” the wind already whipping up. Some signs metaphorically read “A storm is coming.” – Photo: Nick Radhawa, @nicksinghrandhawa
From the Frantz Fanon quote on several banners to the faces in the protest crowd, the march Wednesday night was largely Black and other people of color and Black-led. The numbers were smaller than on previous nights – 100-200 protesters – because of the anticipated “storm of the decade,” the wind already whipping up. Some signs metaphorically read “A storm is coming.” – Photo: Nick Radhawa, @nicksinghrandhawa
The white agent had been seen throughout the night smashing various windows and trying to encourage others to join him.
Both Oakland and Berkeley police reportedly denied they employed the agents. Lt. Chris Bolton, @OPDChris, confirmed on Twitter at 11:17 a.m. Dec. 11, “Yes, it was a CHP (California Highway Patrol) arrest conducted by CHP officers.”
The encounter occurred on 24th Street near Harrison in Oakland Lake Merritt and the Whole Foods store, which the police seemed determined to protect after the Whole Foods store in Berkeley had been the target of protesters.
"as a long time traveler" So, you believe you are a "Time Traveler". This explains alot!
The wheel was reinvented at least once.
Posted the comment on the wrong thread... sorry!
Please provide some inclining of proof that Cops smashed windows or at least apologize that you assumed hearsay was truth. What you heard on a Radio station will not suffice.
Um, concerning El's comment, I think he meant it to be on the Cuba thread not this one, but of course you're correct.
El~ as a long time traveler it always bothered me when expats complained about the country they were living in.
I always thought if they didn't like it, they should go home.
But yes, we should be able to complain about our home countries so we can possibly change and improve them.
Seeing something that is succeeding elsewhere may mean we could learn from others instead of having to reinvent the wheel just because our country didn't invent it, so to speak.
El~ as a long time traveler it always bothered me when expats complained about the country they were living in.
I always thought if they didn't like it, they should go home.
But yes, we should be able to complain about our home countries so we can possibly change and improve them.
Seeing something that is succeeding elsewhere may mean we could learn from others instead of having to reinvent the wheel just because our country didn't invent it, so to speak.
That wasn't very nice... not fair to call out someone who isn't involved in a conversation. We have a standard to maintain.
Funny... you never hear about American refugees or illegal aliens from other countries.
If Dems think life is so great in other countries, and that we could learn from them, why don't they go LIVE there then call us with the details.
I'm thinking Mike should be on the first bus/boat to Cuba, so he can embed himself in their culture, politics, healthcare system, etc, then email us all about it. Don't come back though, please. Stay there and continue living the dream!
tee hee hee
If Dems think life is so great in other countries, and that we could learn from them, why don't they go LIVE there then call us with the details.
I'm thinking Mike should be on the first bus/boat to Cuba, so he can embed himself in their culture, politics, healthcare system, etc, then email us all about it. Don't come back though, please. Stay there and continue living the dream!
tee hee hee
Interesting set of photos with the story.
I understand the CHP's interest in this since highways were being blocked, but sending undercover into cities with foggy jurisdiction/contact with other agencies?
It looks like CHP is trying to redraw itself in the image of an agency like Teas Department of Public Safety / Rangers.
I understand the CHP's interest in this since highways were being blocked, but sending undercover into cities with foggy jurisdiction/contact with other agencies?
It looks like CHP is trying to redraw itself in the image of an agency like Teas Department of Public Safety / Rangers.
Oakland police: We had no idea CHP officers dressed as protesters
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-police-We-had-no-idea-CHP-officers-5964457.php
"The revelation by Oakland police that they didn’t know the CHP had planted masked undercover officers in a crowd of protesters in the city — at least until those officers were attacked, and one pulled out a gun — highlights concerns about how authorities are cooperating as they deal with demonstrations that often range across city borders.
An attorney who is part of a court-ordered police reform effort in Oakland said the California Highway Patrol operation violated Oakland’s crowd-control policy. Moreover, he said it could have led to tragedy after one of the officers pointed his gun at members of the crowd, including a photographer working for The Chronicle.
“You have someone drawing a gun in an undercover operation, calling for backup,” said the lawyer and police critic, Jim Chanin. “They’re in plainclothes and here comes the Oakland police, and the first thing they see is somebody with a bandanna pointing a gun at a cameraman. (Oakland police) could have shot that officer.”
CHP officials have asserted that police commanders in Oakland knew about the two undercover officers who tailed the Dec. 10 march into the city. But an Oakland police spokeswoman, Sgt. Holly Joshi, told The Chronicle that officials have been “looking and checking” into the situation, and “we haven’t been able to find any evidence or any person who knew.”
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-police-We-had-no-idea-CHP-officers-5964457.php
"The revelation by Oakland police that they didn’t know the CHP had planted masked undercover officers in a crowd of protesters in the city — at least until those officers were attacked, and one pulled out a gun — highlights concerns about how authorities are cooperating as they deal with demonstrations that often range across city borders.
An attorney who is part of a court-ordered police reform effort in Oakland said the California Highway Patrol operation violated Oakland’s crowd-control policy. Moreover, he said it could have led to tragedy after one of the officers pointed his gun at members of the crowd, including a photographer working for The Chronicle.
“You have someone drawing a gun in an undercover operation, calling for backup,” said the lawyer and police critic, Jim Chanin. “They’re in plainclothes and here comes the Oakland police, and the first thing they see is somebody with a bandanna pointing a gun at a cameraman. (Oakland police) could have shot that officer.”
CHP officials have asserted that police commanders in Oakland knew about the two undercover officers who tailed the Dec. 10 march into the city. But an Oakland police spokeswoman, Sgt. Holly Joshi, told The Chronicle that officials have been “looking and checking” into the situation, and “we haven’t been able to find any evidence or any person who knew.”
So, there is no proof it actually happened, only rumors.
I first heard about this on the radio and went looking for something online. It's been reported repeatedly that there are some undercover cops who try to instigate protesters to commit acts of vandalism in order to sway public sentiment against the protesters. Perhaps that is what was happening here.
I pretty much discard posts to the B.S. file when I run across things like this-
“The white cop, suspicious for his out-of-date clothes”
“ The white agent had been seen throughout the night smashing various windows and trying to encourage others to join him.”
"I've heard stories of provocateurs and people claiming the police were behind some of the violence but this one was caught on camera."
Did I miss something?
“The white cop, suspicious for his out-of-date clothes”
“ The white agent had been seen throughout the night smashing various windows and trying to encourage others to join him.”
"I've heard stories of provocateurs and people claiming the police were behind some of the violence but this one was caught on camera."
Did I miss something?
The article never said he did anything but 'try to get others to join him". Maybe I missed it. Me tired--- Santa's main helper elf at my address needs some sleep. So, I could have missed it. But I wonder if the undercover agents were planted to make sure things didn't get out of hand? And if they did, to be prepared to call in others to help squelch it. Don't know. Not sure.
But I do think the two or so times it is mentioned that they were spotted for being cops due to their out of date clothes to be kind of strange. I guess the protesters were pretty stylish.
But I do think the two or so times it is mentioned that they were spotted for being cops due to their out of date clothes to be kind of strange. I guess the protesters were pretty stylish.
I am not sure myself---- but do know that my neighbor has to be part of the group in every way for them to believe him so that eventually he can stop their dealing of drugs. Bad for a greater good down the road.
Respectfully, I have an issue with entrapment particularly with this circumstance. is it really entrapment if you decide to follow a fellow protestor and do the same thing he does, knowing full well it is wrong? Or, is it someone making a bad decision?
It ***** for a cop to break any law, for any reason. Cops should be held to the laws just as you or I am. if the cop is busting out windows, he should be held accountable. If he loots, he should be held accountable. if he shoots into a crowd of people, he is clearly breaking the law and should be held accountable.
It ***** for a cop to break any law, for any reason. Cops should be held to the laws just as you or I am. if the cop is busting out windows, he should be held accountable. If he loots, he should be held accountable. if he shoots into a crowd of people, he is clearly breaking the law and should be held accountable.
Well, it's a; weird story. Were they hoping to encourage others to do things like break windows and things so that they could arrest them? Why were they undercover in that group?
Of course it wouldn't be right for them to commit crimes--- but when undercover, you do participate. I have a neighbor that is an undercover drug enforcement officer in another county. He meshes into their world to be part of the group to do his work.
And it would be very unfortunate if someone discovered his identity and the whole group turned violent upon him. He's just doing his job.
Anyway, I will tell him to make sure he wears stylish clothes so as not to give up his cover.
I don't agree with entrapment if this is what is the suggestion. But it is an odd story to follow. ??
Of course it wouldn't be right for them to commit crimes--- but when undercover, you do participate. I have a neighbor that is an undercover drug enforcement officer in another county. He meshes into their world to be part of the group to do his work.
And it would be very unfortunate if someone discovered his identity and the whole group turned violent upon him. He's just doing his job.
Anyway, I will tell him to make sure he wears stylish clothes so as not to give up his cover.
I don't agree with entrapment if this is what is the suggestion. But it is an odd story to follow. ??
Of course it's ok because they are in a violent struggle for equality by looting and setting property on fire.
Its okay when real protestors do it. They have a message.
Oops, here's the link and sorry for the misspelling.
http://beforeitsnews.com/african-american-news/2014/12/outed-undercover-cop-pulls-gun-on-oakland-protesters-2453028.html
I've heard stories of provocateurs and people claiming the police were behind some of the violence but this one was caught on camera.
http://beforeitsnews.com/african-american-news/2014/12/outed-undercover-cop-pulls-gun-on-oakland-protesters-2453028.html
I've heard stories of provocateurs and people claiming the police were behind some of the violence but this one was caught on camera.
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