{"id":426,"date":"2005-12-27T17:55:39","date_gmt":"2005-12-27T21:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=426"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:42:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:42:49","slug":"nyc-police-infiltrate-bike-and-anit-war-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2005\/12\/27\/nyc-police-infiltrate-bike-and-anit-war-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC police infiltrate bike and anti-war activism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pablito.wallofgray.com\/bblog\/pbimages\/59.jpg\" alt=\" \" align=\"right\" width=\"200\" height=\"299\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An early holiday present to New York City cycling activists was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/12\/22\/nyregion\/22police.html?incamp=article_popular_2&#038;pagewanted=print\">revealed last week<\/a> in the New York Times. For the last 16 months, undercover NYC police have infiltrated organizations and people protesting the Iraq war, bicycle riders taking part in mass rallies and even mourners at a street vigil for a cyclist killed in an accident. From the NY Times website: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The officers hoist protest signs. They hold flowers with mourners. They ride in bicycle events. At the vigil for the cyclist, an officer in biking gear wore a button that said, &#8220;I am a shameless agitator.&#8221; She also carried a camera and videotaped the roughly 15 people present.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond collecting information, some of the undercover officers or their associates are seen on the tape having influence on events. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/article.pl?sid=04\/08\/30\/1453256\">At a demonstration<\/a> last year during the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2004_Republican_National_Convention_protest_activity\">Republican National Convention<\/a>, the sham arrest of a man secretly working with the police led to a bruising confrontation between officers in riot gear and bystanders. Until Sept. 11, the secret monitoring of events where people expressed their opinions was among the most tightly limited of police powers. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More articles <a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.ca\/news?hl=en&#038;tab=wn&#038;ie=UTF-8&#038;q=police+New+York+City+infiltrate+anti-war+protest&#038;scoring=d\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An early holiday present to New York City cycling activists was revealed last week in the New York Times. 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