NYPD "Disorder Control Unit" guidelines, snagged from inside van by arrestee

[Huey P. Long]

NYPD "Disorder Control Unit" guidelines, snagged from inside van by arrestee
Saturday, Nov 26



@newyorkist says, "@OccupyWallStNYC got their hands on a New York Police Department Disorder Control Unit document, allegedly picked out of a van by an arrestee."
The pull quote: "A strong military appearance, with sharp and precise movements, is a force multiplier and a psychological advantage to us."
Actually, many of the criticisms of the NYPD's tactics against OWS protesters in recent weeks involve complaints that they have not followed some of the more reasonable guidelines set forth on this flyer.

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http://boingboing.net/2011/11/26/document-said-to-be-nypd-dis.html

[The Straight Story]

1. UC Davis (and others) are here:

http://publicintelligence.net/

Thanks for the link.

[enough]

2. I know I always feel calmed by the sight of an officer in nice neat riot gear. (nt)

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. :D

[sixmile]

3. An effective, disciplined protest would use this as well

Simply change the title from "Disorder Control Unit' to "Occupy Control Unit' and there you go.

[grasswire]

4. apparently that's not true

Every time the cops close ranks in full riot gear and start shoving, the crowd goes into overdrive. Video shows that repeatedly.

[defendandprotect]

6. "Strong MILITARY appearance" ....seems to suggest they're no longer our public servants????

And watch the "conversation" -- police officers may hear something from the

OWS side which might cause them to understand they're the 00% -- not the 1% -- ???

Militaization of the police cannot be Constitutional -- !!

[meow2u3]

9. This calls for a lawsuit challenging the militarization of police departments

Where's the ACLU when you need them? Militarization of the police is an end run around the Posse Comitatus Act, which bans the use of standing armies for domestic law enforcement purposes. When the police is turned into a branch of the armed forces, isn't that supposed to be illegal as well as unconstitutional?

[defendandprotect]

10. Agree with your summation ---

unfortunately, I think between Bush/Obama they've pretty much also thrown the

Posse Commitus Act into the trash bin?

[Downtown Hound]

13. The police version of "shock and awe"

Hoping, no doubt, that we will be so intimidated by them and their awesome power. LOL. It didn't work in Iraq, it won't work here either.

[Posteritatis]

7. "Air mail" - heh. (nt)

[Earth_First]

8. A 'strong military appearance'?!

Uhhh...

[Huey P. Long]

11. Police and the Press Published: November 25, 2011

Police and the Press
Published: November 25, 2011

In many countries, using a camera or taking notes can get you into trouble. That is not supposed to happen in New York City. Yet as police cleared Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan on Nov. 15, a number of journalists were roughed up and arrested. Many were prevented by police from documenting what happened that night.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly should take a hard look at how officers ignored the department’s guidelines for dealing with the news media, which prohibit interfering with news-gathering activity. In a letter on Monday to Paul Browne, the deputy police commissioner, The New York Times and 12 other news organizations said the police was “more hostile to the press” covering these protests than at “any other event in recent memory.”

Before clearing tents and other structures from Zuccotti Park, for example, a police representative asked journalists in the area for press credentials. Reporters and photographers do not need credentials to be in a public area. The passes are supposed to give them better access, but those who admitted having passes were instead herded to a penned area blocks away from the police action.

At another spot closer to the park, police were carrying a protester covered with blood when a photographer raised his camera. When two police officers spotted the camera, they shoved a barricade into the photographer, screaming that he was not permitted to take pictures even though he was on the sidewalk.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/opinion/police-and-the-press.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Pretty standard actually

police is a PARAMILITARY force, has been from their inception.

[leveymg]

14. NYPD increasingly treating media by Pentagon rules

Wall St is now Iraq,as far as the cops are concerned.