Submitted by: Joseph Grisafi Jr
Riot Dynamics
Article excerpts from the Firearms News “Be Ready” magazine. The article is good and informative, but long with many details. Because it’s long I will mention those parts that I believe are pertinent. But the details cannot be ignored. Use your critical thinking ability to fill in the gaps.
I’m going to leave the author nameless for obvious reasons. It probably doesn’t matter but it’s my choice. But I will say this: She has infiltrated many riots in the past including the Antifa and BLM riot of last year.
Aggressive protests are starting to move into smaller towns picketing homes of specific officials using political violence, which has become a popular tool. It is used by ideological factions to advance their agenda. You need to understand both how they do it and why. These movements act locally while thinking globally. Their tactics are developed and improved upon depending on local conditions. Remember the use of tactics. It’s used throughout the article.
Some tactics include: Laser-bearing “light images”, neutralizing tear gas with plastic cones and water jugs, Stonehenge-style brick anti-vehicle obstacles. These were used in Portland and Seattle. Portland developed another tactic… using leaf blowers to repel tear gas.
Three basic types of mass street actions: Protests, riots, and direct action.
· Direct Action – targeted violence
· Protests – Sporadic vandalism but less intensity than riot. Can be lawful and peaceful but tensions run high. Unwise to be opposition. Night time protests can be more violent. Clues: Is it planned for night? Is the destination omitted? How to dress. All in black? With these clues…it’s not peaceful.
Some protests are meant to trap local residents in their homes or business’ and not have access to emergency services.
The CHAZ (Seattle) protest had tactical mistakes. Those mistakes were not repeated at RHED (Portland). A useful heuristic is to remember that protests are cover for riots; riots are cover for direct action. All these actions take dedication, planning, and a basic doctrine. These three main types can all occur by themselves, but the most effective and destructive actions are when they occur together in a mutually reinforcing manner. The most successful example of this principle in recent memory is the July 17, 2020 assault in Chicago’s Grant Park that had the goal of toppling the centerpiece Columbus statue. In this case, a so-called Black Lives Matter march (protest) and an embedded contingent of black bloc anarchists proceeded down the bordering Columbus Avenue, before detouring to attack the Chicago police detail guarding the statue (riot). The police were overwhelmed and expelled from the park. While the rioters distracted the police, the black bloc anarchist’s attempted to pull down the Columbus statue with ropes (direct action). The anarchists ultimately failed to complete their mission, but the city nonetheless chose to remove the statue a few days later. It’s likely that 49 police officers hospitalized simply made it politically and logistically untenable for the city to leave it in place. This illustrates how an unsuccessful action can still shift the decision making calculus of a local government towards compliance with outside demands. Even with failure they won.
RUST – Remote Uprising Support Teams. They fulfill an intelligence function for all events. They collect information remotely and through social media such as scanners, live stream, Twitter, and scouting teams. They synthesize the info and distribute it via dedicated channels. All this info is used to place people, the protestors, and set barricades.
Some of their information can be found on-line. Do we use it to foil their intended goal? Do we use it to destroy their plan and avoid the uprising before it even begins?
RUST scouting teams on the ground in plain clothes move ahead of the march on bicycles and mopeds looking for police or counter-protestors. They also use drones.
There are mutual Aid Groups that provide food, water, basic first aid kits. Who do you think provides these essentials for illegal aliens along their march toward the border?
Also there to assist the march is the NLG (National Lawyers Guild) Legal Aid Hotline wearing lime green hats. They video record the actions. What are they looking for? Think about it. Whose their next lawsuit target?
Also, there is the press. They are vetted. MSM is rarely welcome. They have their own press.
Protest Marshalls are on all four corners when the protest destination is reached. Their job: To facilitate the action completing its objective. They keep the group together and on the move.
Black Bloc – Tactic developed by West German anarcho-communists in the 1970’s. It’s a way to obscure their identities during clashes with police. Two styles: Closed and semi-open.
Decision-Dilemma – A tactic to conceptualize violence as a knob instead of a switch. Used to turn it off or on or be gradual depending on the situation. When executed properly the only options for the target are to back down or respond with disproportionate force and give the other side a propaganda victory.
The author than goes on to describe what if you get involved, having to rescue a loved one, how to dress, equipment such as backpack, gas mask, carrying a gun, etc.
She ends by saying Americans would be well-advised to arm themselves with knowledge about the goals and tactics of the entities planning and carrying out these actions.
While reading this article my mind kept thinking; “How do we react to this?” “How do we counter these actions?” “Do we do anything about it?” “Does anyone look on-line at their web-site? The answer seems obvious. It is obvious. NOTHING. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
Of course the most upsetting thing in my mind is “These people have it all planned down to the littlest nut and bolt.” Every step of the way is planned and if something does go awry, like mentioned above, it doesn’t happen again. And what do we do?
NOTHING!
Yes, there is something we do – we watch and let it happen, just like we did last year.
Joe
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