PHOTOS: Plainclothes Police at the March for Our Lives in St. Paul
Submitted by bradley on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 19:29.
On September 2nd in St. Paul, the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC) brought together poor and homeless people of every race, background and age, students, social workers, union members, lawyers, religious leaders, artists and others who stand for social and economic justice. The PPEHRC raised their voices in the “March for Our Lives" to demand “Money for Health Care and Housing, Not for War!”
The rally held at Mears Park and the march that followed were heavily infiltrated by plainclothes law enforcement officers.
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very apparent
There was nothing subtle about the undercovers. The guy on the right in the black with glasses approached my black-clad comrade and asked, "hey can I get a quick pictures". The response, "hell no." Then he asked me, "well can you please do me a favor?" To which I responded some of the same and we both pointed our fingers at him to call it out.
Also to note, there was at least one person dressed in all black (hood and bandana too) who was definitely wearing an earpiece.
There was a woman not in your photos who was wearing black clothing (not bloc style but more plainclothes like, maybe sunglasses too, can't quite remember) who was walking by me, not looking directly but I could tell she had me in the peripheral vision. Camera was held down by her waist as if she were 'just carrying it', but I noticed that the lens was pointed near my face as she was nonchalantly walking. I definitely saw her click the shutter at this point.
Did anyone else notice the "window washers" on the side of the building just west of Mears Park on Sibley? They weren't working too hard. When we pointed them out and waved they ascended a few floor up towards the top of the building and continued their surveillance.