Meatspace anonymity manual
Ray Dillinger
bear at sonic.net
Sat Jul 7 09:36:39 PDT 2001
On Sat, 7 Jul 2001, Sampo Syreeni wrote:
>the protection afforded by Black Blocs is quite thin (just indict them under
>organized crime or gang laws),
The similar clothing is enough to charge with gang membership and invoke
RICO. Also, the 'black bloc' tactic has 'premeditated' written all over
it. I'd say these kids haven't provided more protection for themselves;
on the contrary, they've raised the stakes. The cops will have to arrest
*more* people in order to deal with the bloc, but the people arrested
when it happens are going to be charged with more serious crimes, like
racketeering, conspiracy, and membership in a corrupt organization, than
if they'd stuck with the simpler tactics. And most of what they might
otherwise have claimed as defenses are going to crumble under that
'premeditation' thing.
I'm not a lawyer, and I don't play one on TV, but this just looks like
a silly mistake that's going to bite them in the butt to me.
Bear
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