Police Memos Say Arrest Tactics Calmed Protest

Among the most effective strategies, one police captain wrote, was the seizure of demonstrators on Fifth Avenue who were described as "obviously potential rioters." The reports provide a rare glimpse of internal police evaluations and strategies on security and free speech issues that have provoked sharp debate between city officials and political demonstrators since the Sept. 11 attack. The reports also made clear what the police have yet to discuss publicly: that the department uses undercover officers to infiltrate political gatherings and monitor behavior. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/17/nyregion/17police.html?_r=1&oref=slogin [Link to same story, no registration - Editor] http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=2006nycpd2002 [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on March 19, 2006]

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