Resist: It's Time

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?

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.

One arrow missing, pointing to the partially covered Nazi tattoo.

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 🤷

Agent provacateur?

You forgot the most obvious indication he's a cop... Yankee's baseball cap

A clear sign are also people in red baseball hats licking the cop boots.

In the UK they like North Face coats a lot of the time. They don't really use plain clothes for protest as much anymore. A new strategy that is similar but annoying is the use of "auditors". One of the big ones became an informant so they all copied him in becoming unaware unofficial evidence gatherers, even though the whole concept of auditing is supposedly highlighting police corruption.

Start handing out blue bracelets.

Or ask him into his face if his colleagues will beat him up, too, if he loses his bracelet.

There have been agitators pretending to be supporters of this anti fascist protests, Andy ngo being a well known trying to pretend as one of them

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.

What is a 'thin blue line bracelet' and why does it give away an undercover cop?

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.