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<big><strong style="title">
Notes on Direct Action
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<p>These notes are from the direct action training workshop
that took place on Saturday 1 March.
<h3>Defining Direct Action</h3>
<p>Not all direct action is civil disobedience.
<p>Not all direct action is disruptive
(though disruption is in the eye of the beholder).
<h3>Decision-Making</h3>
<p>To help us make decisions on the spot,
when we may be under time pressure or threat of violence:
<ol>
<li>Know our <strong>goals</strong> before we go.
<li>Know our <strong>limits</strong> before we go.
(Each person must know their own constraints.)
<li>Agree on a decision-making <strong>process</strong> before we go.
(Consensus? Vote? Follow a leader?)
<li>Prepare <strong>contingency plans</strong> before we go.
<li>Decide whether we will be influenced by what other affinity groups do.
(If they start something else, do we join?)
</ol>
<p>When making decisions:
<ol>
<li><strong>Rumour control</strong> is essential. Verify sources.
<li>Try breaking into smaller groups.
<li>Try a fishbowl, or a moment of silence.
<li>If under pressure, buy time by moving to a safer place.
</ol>
<h3>Observing</h3>
<p>Take photographs, use video cameras to keep police in line.
<p>All police wear badges; you should be able to see their badge numbers.
<p>Record all badge numbers, license plates,
as much information as possible before conflict starts.
<h3>Police</h3>
<p><strong>Do not touch a police officer.</strong>
Any touching can be considered assaulting a police officer.
<p><strong>Do not grab at police equipment.</strong>
This can also get you in a <em>lot</em> of trouble.
<p>Refuse to converse with police officers.
You do not have to answer their questions.
<p>To detain you, a police officer must be able to <em>explain</em>
why he has reasonable suspicion of your involvement in a crime.
<p>Unless you are arrested, police cannot search you without your consent.
If they try to look through your backpack,
say "No. I do not consent to a search."
<p>The police will probably give more than one dispersal warning.
<p>The police may threaten to charge you with things.
<em>Police do not charge you</em>; the district attorney does.
<p>To make it harder to pull you away from the group, go limp.
If you are tense, the police have something rigid to grab and pull.
<p>We should ensure that people <em>always have a way out</em>
of arrest, even if they previously said they were arrestable.
<h3>Arrest</h3>
<p>Resisting arrest, blocking the road, failing to disperse,
and trespassing are all misdemeanors.
They cannot stripsearch you for a misdemeanor.
<p>Anything you say can be used against you.
So be careful, or just don't say anything.
<p>If police say you're under arrest and you don't walk with them,
you're resisting arrest.
<p>Police may inflict pain to make you comply.
If you decide to give in, announce "I will go with you" to get them to stop.
<p>If someone is being attacked,
we can "puppy-pile" on them to protect them.
Get their consent ("Can we cover you?").
When others are piling on you, curl up on your side, covering your head.
In a puppy-pile, <strong>keep the heads in the middle</strong>.
Don't expose heads or necks.
<p><strong>The police will lie.</strong> It's their job.
If no one has recorded evidence,
assume they will claim anything they want.
<h3>After Arrest</h3>
<p>To make it harder to process you, don't give your name.
But <strong>do not use a false name</strong>; that's a serious crime.
<p>Don't ask questions. It only invites the police to lie.
<p>Don't answer questions.
To make them stop interrogating you, say the magic words:
<strong>"I am going to remain silent. I want to speak to a lawyer."</strong>
<p>We will have a team of lawyers working all day
to try to see people in jail and help negotiate.
<p>The police may say there are no lawyers. Don't believe it.
The lawyers will be there, trying to get in.
<p>When in jail, <strong>only believe information from our lawyers</strong>.