I'm planning to attend the march in DC on January 13, and I need some advice both on what to expect and how to prepare.
I am not a stranger to protests. I attended a few during the George Floyd uprising, some of which were quite large, but I have a feeling this one will be more massive than any I've participated in before. With that in mind...
What are the most common threats protestors will face? What steps should I take to ensure the safety of myself and others? How do we defend ourselves from cops, counter-protesters and other aggressors? Are there essential supplies or tools I should bring to this end? Is there anything I should not bring under any circumstances?
Are there any environmental hazards I should be aware of? How do we avoid them?
Are there conventions and strategies employed in very large protests that I should be aware of, so as to more effectively coordinate my efforts with those around me?
What are the tactics and methods of disruption used by cops and others looking to disrupt the march? How do we counter them?
How do I identify plants, saboteurs, and other state operatives? What steps, if any, should I take to expose them?
Will my ability to reach the protest be hampered deliberately or incidentally if I need to drive several hours to the site of the protest? Are there any legal ramifications to moving out of state to join a march?
Is there anything I have failed to consider?
Thank you, comrades, for any advice you can muster.
All advice here is great, study Crowd control also everyone loves to kick it in front of the cameras and pigs in instead of keeping a protest moving (just a personal take) but that's usually where you can see the pigs start to gradually multiply, and there's always a boiling point where they decide to attack &/or tear gas everyone. I always felt like keeping a moving marching crowd gave the pigs a harder time to mobilize because you know they plan on using force at some point it's just rhetorical.
You can easily see this Happen by the amount of pigs and the undercovers in the crowd, also paid people by the pigs to do something that justifies use if deadly force. These fuckers usually aim for the leftist to instigate you. Be careful.
There are also times where the undercovers posing as lib protestors will attempt to ID or event "tag" you by trying to take a picture with you very quickly and passive aggressively they might have you a shirt or a mask with som lib shit on it. And then quickly move in for a picture like a politician. Don't remove any of your masks, but know that they got their eye on you after something like that. It's how they mark you, in their Intel, it's like their undercover scouting report those fuckers know who they're charging at when the shit goes down.
Who do they target? I don't see the point in it if they do this to random people.
They don’t care, they do it to random people to throw in the paddy wagon to get some quick easy charges and fines.
Why do they have to ID you to come at you when shit goes down then? Instead of arresting the first guy they can?
They’re trying to not catch their own, and they want big fish. Little catches are still nice, but they want leaders.