yet another blog

During a G8 summit blockade near Bad Doberan, following repeated media warnings a so-called “agent provocateur” has been unveiled. This violence provoking state employee has sneaked into the peaceful anti-G8 sit-in action and instigated people to violent deeds.
Apparently, various activists have tried to hold back this still unmasked guy, who showed up his aggressive temper urging people around him to violence. But eventually some protesters identified this man in black with a policeman.
When the news about this man’s identity went round, activists literally mobbed him. The agent provocateur was freed by some Legal Team members from the mess he’d got himself into and handed him over to his police colleagues.
During the clashes between anti-capitalist globalization protesters and police it had already been cried out that violence by state paid agents provocateurs had massively contributed to the escalation of 2nd June in Rostock.

Source: Indymedia

Anyone got any photos of the guy?

Oh, and by the way… don’t forget to check out the up-to-the-minute reports being sent to Indymedia. Anyone wanna remind the German police that they’re beginning to behave a bit like the Nazis?

What’s next, concentration camps for the protesters? Gas chambers even?

The German cops would do well to remember who they’re actually protecting… the likes of Bush and Blair; the very people who deceived their countries into an illegal war upon a sovereign nation that had no real means to defend itself. Now what does that remind us of I wonder?

And let’s not forget the CIA’s rendition program and Guantanamo Bay.

These are the people that the German police are so conscientious in protecting from the legitimate protests of tens of thousands of ordinary citizens!

Protests, moreover, that if left unhindered would almost certainly just be probably very noisy but peaceful. At least no-one would be injured or killed by them - which is more than can be said for State-intervention policies!

When will the police finally realise that by using repressive tactics they merely provoke an escalation in the determination of the general public to have their voice heard?

Sample extracts from the Indymedia Timeline:

06.06.07 22:15
Legal update: So far 200 arrests have been made today, of which 60-70 were in a parking lot near the Rostock Laage airport. Two lawyers were not allowed through but, instead, warned that if they came back they would be arrested. At both detention centres in Ulmen and Industriestr., all lawyers were kicked out of the the lawyers room. An alternative media bus from Amsterdam was seized by police and the driver was physically forced to drive the bus. A Stern photographer was arrested for “inciting violence”.

06.06.07 19:15
The sit-down blockade in Hinter Bollhagen near Gate 1 has been forecfully dissolved by police. Protesters are withdrawing, some having been hurt by pepper spray and batons.

06.06.07 19:00
Police have announced that they will prevent food supplies to activists at blockades. Water and meals are not being let through any more. A doctor had requested that Disaster Control provide blankets for protesters as they face the provision of cold. Police, however, have not approved this.

06.06.07 18:35
Hinter Bollhagen: A peaceful sit-down blockade near Gate I of the fence, with approximately 100 participants, is being brutally dispersed by police. A water cannon is being used and cops are reportedly beating people up.

Footnote: protesters (at least in Germany) are actively prevented from wearing any form of protective clothing at all. Yet the cops are armoured, shielded, batoned, and generally “tooled up”. Now what does that tell us?