Cops Defend Use of 'Spy' Tactics, Protesters Cry Foul

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Published on Saturday, December 27, 2003 by the Rocky Mountain News

Cops Defend Use of 'Spy' Tactics
Protesters Cry Foul, Claim Their Actions Were Nonviolent

by Berny Morson

 Six people were arrested during an anti-war sit-in at U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard's office on April 14, but only five were charged.

The sixth protester, the one who wasn't arrested, was a man who called himself "Chris Taylor." He was in fact an undercover officer planted by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office.
Taylor, whose real name is Darren Christensen, attended a training session in nonviolence with the other protesters the day before the sit-in, as well as the protest itself at Allard's Arapahoe County office.

The protesters who were taken in by Christensen say they are angry at the deceit and at being monitored covertly.

"That's outrageous to me," said Sara Jane Geraldi of Boulder, 32, a mother and part-time social worker, who also was arrested.

The protest at Allard's office was one of two incidents in which local police are known to have placed undercover agents in protest groups during the heavy- combat phase in Iraq last spring.
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you could be sure the guy in the corner advocating violence was an undercover cop or FBI.

We always suspected who the undercover agent was: it would be the one to advocate acts of violence.

How I miss the good old days of SDS.

highly recommended! It takes place around the Kent State shootings. There is a FBI "plant" who instigates the burning of an ROTC office. It's also the only film I know of that captures what it was like to face the draft back then.

now out on DVD

people..get everything on record.

unfortunately another intended result of infiltrations is the fostering of mistrust among activists. This has literally ripped groups apart in the past.

undercover officers.