Generally these are the guys who are inciting violence and even starting it, they will throw bottles and encourage violence and then use the footage of their own cops as proof that the protesters are violent.
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I don't even need to pay attention to their clothing. Pigs have a distinct smell and swagger to them that immediately gives them away.
They do walk a certain way
Don't attack just point and oink.
Look at that crisp black NYX hat that's never been worn before.
Man the construction worker in me just sees a muscle shirt outline, a tin of chew, a key ring, set of steel toes and a daughter’s bracelet. But I guess any image can be intentionally made misleading eh?
Former LEO. That’s definitely a vest he’s wearing under his shirt, and those are definitely cuffs in his back pocket.
Homie that's a vest. There's no shapeware for men that look like body armor.
Well I don't think OP means "tackle this pig on sight" moreso "be wary of this potential pig"
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You are describing the loop of plastic audio wire poking out of his shirt as a keyring there. You can look up higher res copies of this image. Duckduckgo had two different, higher-resolutiot copies right at the top of the page of this guy. It's supposed to be hard to spot them, otherwise they wouldn't exactly be doing a good job, yeah? Also, this picture specifically is being shown because the guy was confirmed to be an undercover cop. It was during the George Floyd protests.
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At my school, there was this guy in my general circle. Played in a punk band, different one than mine, hanging out at the same parties, didn't talk much, but easy to get along with. Also, looked like a punk and partied like a punk. Really good with his instrument, also did jazz on a high level.
Many years later, someone sent me a link from a left leaning forum: He was caught as a deep undercover cop. Apparently went to the police academy (~ 3 years in Germany) and got planted shortly after. He "lived" 100 km from his home with roommates who politically active, again in a punk band, participating in apparently as many political groups as he could schedule. Almost all of them were entirely legal, such as advocating for better welfare laws. He sat there, listened, didn't talk much. No contact to actual terrorist cells or anything like that. Minor vandalism and unregistered protests perhaps.
They only caught him after a few years when someone from our home town recognised him at a punk concert and called him by his real name in front of other people. He just walked away, and his fake personality disappeared immediately. From what I can find, doing low-profile police work ever since.
It's a bit concerning that they spy on entirely legal groups as well as groups who commit minor offences with such enormous resources. Must have cost like 100k per year; with deep analysis of his reports probably more. Just to get a list of people to "take care of" when we go full Trump here?
Anyway, my point: Surprising that the undercover cop in the picture makes so many mistakes. He was apparently spotless.
Haha I am sleepy so I can’t look up the source right now: but American Intelligence has stated in the past they don’t like to infiltrate tight leftist groups because leftists usually will ask the Plant many questions. The Plant often has to read a lot to prepare so that they pass the sniff test. They’ve stated that they prefer to infiltrate any other groups (especially conservative groups) because they don’t have to read so much.
That’s an incredibly interesting story. Thanks for sharing.
This is the US. There are very little training requirements. The specific requirements are usually state based. Arkansas and Indiana have basically no training required. The average officer trains for 21 weeks.
Get into some of the smaller cities and they'll throw any rookie into plain clothes and call them undercover with very little undercover training.
This guy is likely more of an agitator than an investigator. He's equipped to be an enforcer, not to investigate.
He just walked away, and his fake personality disappeared immediately.
Punks got lucky. In Russia it would have ended differently.
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I feel like this isnt highlighting the two most obvious things I'd notice first. Undercover cops for some reason think the backwards cap is still cool and makes them blend in. And they always seem to pick the Yankees or Red Sox to blend in as well. So those would be my giveaways personally 🤷
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Agent provacateur?
This infographic first turned up during the BLM protests, but one should generally be wary of undercover agents.
During Occupy, playing "Spot the Fed" was a great workout for skills I developed at DefCon. Literally every protest movement in this country is riddled with undercover agents, secret police informants, planted agitators, and spooks. Learning to ID them is a vital survival skill for activists.
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