Infiltration

Police Block Off Most Reasonable Exit Route - May 20, 2012

"... the press... did not mention is that [Occupy Chicago] had been infiltrated and coached by two undercover police officers named "Gloves" and "Mo"."  

Silver, C. (2013, February 18). NDAA: Pre-emptive prosecution coming to a town near you. In Aljazeera. Retrieved March 2, 2013

Follow her on Twitter:  @CharEsilver 

Background:

• October 31, 2011: New video purports to show police infiltration of Occupy Oakland 
• November 11, 2011: Could Police Be Listening to Occupy Chicago Protesters' Phone Conversations?
• December 5, 2011: Occupy protesters befriend Chicago Police   
• May 11, 2012:  Chicago Police Supt. McCarthy Responds To Video Alleging Intimidation Of Occupy Chicago Protesters
• May 19, 2012: Chicago Police Hold Occupy Activists on State Terrorism Charges With Dubious Evidence
• September 1, 2012: Did police go too far in undercover Occupy mission?
• September 2, 2012: Austin police infiltrated Occupy Austin: Officers also had role in making possible illegal device used in Houston protest
• September 6, 2012: A "chilling" police infiltration of Occupy Houston port protest puts undercover cops under legal fire
• September 6, 2012: Austin Police Infiltrate Occupy Austin, Help Transform Misdemeanors Into Felonies
• September 10, 2012: Infiltrating Occupy: Austin Activists Face Charges for Equipment Provided by Undercover Police 
• December 27, 2012: The FBI vs. Occupy: Secret Docs Reveal "Counterterrorism" Monitoring of OWS from Its Earliest Days
• February 18, 2013: NDAA: Pre-emptive prosecution coming to a town near you
• February 26, 2013: Occupy Caught In Entrapment Case Exposing Police Infiltration Of Nonviolent Groups
• September 10, 2013: Convicted Sex Offender and Police Informant Attempts to Infiltrate Seattle's Activist Community

Point of Contact

March 1, 2013: NATO 3 Case Challenges Constitutionality of State Terrorism Statutes 

It is no longer a conspiracy theory that the Occupy Movement was infiltrated by Law Enforcement from the early days. Even main stream media picked up on the shenanigans of the police, and federal agencies. Those federal law enforcement agencies are under direct control of the President of the United States.

It is appalling that this administration should condone and sanction persecution of  political allies. Many of the people who step out in protest of corporate stranglehold on the USA were strong supporters of this administration in 2007 and 2008. 

Even now there is a high probability that many activist may be infiltrators, or informants.

What to do about them?

Matt, from Occupy Chicago, addressed this best on July 4, 2012.

Additional Sources

• FBI Infiltrators in Protest Groups  
• Undercover Cops at Occupy Protests 
• Top 7 Things That Get People Arrested at a Protest aka How to Not Get Arrested 
• How to Avoid Entrapment 

The bottom line is: don't let anyone sucker you into an argument, or discussion, that is going to give them the ability to prosecute you. Freedom of speech is virtually dead in the United States of America. Your words will be used against you. You can do jail time for "talking smack." There are plenty of actors out there who want to do nothing more than put you in jail so it looks like they are doing their job. 

Update: (July 21, 2014) As revealed in testimony at the NATO 3 trial earlier this year, the Chicago Police Department had no less than 15 undercover police officers infiltrate Occupy Chicago.

Police Crimes and Political Suppression of the Occupy Movement

"According to the testimony of Nyugen and Chikko, they were both recruited to participate in an investigation monitoring different groups organizing against the NATO Summit and economic austerity in the city. The secret police spies of 15 permanently assigned field officers was designated Field Intelligence team 7150 that, according to defense pre-trial motion filings, 'infiltrated […] organizations under false pretenses in order to gain deeper access to these organizations and individuals. Other members of the FIT 7150 Team regularly conducted undercover surveillance at meetings, demonstrations, and common activist hangouts.'"