British police face criticism after asking public to report anarchist activity to officers

Source: Associated Press

British police face criticism after asking public to report anarchist activity to officers
By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, August 1, 7:26 AM

LONDON — Spotted an anarchist? Call the cops.

That appears to be the instruction from a unit of Britain’s anti-terrorist police, which has asked shopkeepers and members of the public to report information about anarchists.

The advice appears in a newsletter from the “counter terrorist focus desk” in the central London district of Westminster.

Police blame anarchists for violence that erupted during recent protests against government spending cuts. Small groups of masked protesters have broken away from large demonstrations to spray graffiti and smash windows.





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the sign around his neck? Orange hair? Polydactylism?

Sounds like someone is not clear on the concept.

They fit the definition.

The newsletter defines anarchism, accurately, as “a political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society, or anarchy.”

Idiots like the that think all anarchists are thugs who throw molotov cocktails at shop windows....

of the violent anarchists at the demonstrations, since it has been proven time after time that most of the masked violent "anarchists" are agent provocateurs.