Man the construction worker in me just sees a muscle shirt outline, a tin of chew, a key ring, set of steel toes and a daughter’s bracelet. But I guess any image can be intentionally made misleading eh?
Well I don’t think OP means “tackle this pig on sight” moreso “be wary of this potential pig”
So anyone that looks like a generic construction worker? That’s the issue when people make “infographics” like this and spread them.
Are undershirts usually lumpy? Undershirts are lightweight enough to not really affect the overshirt. They’re also smooth other than wrinkles—there is clearly some padding being offered by whatever is under that shirt.
Don’t see any toe pro on those boots, and dip cans are generally perfectly round.
What “issue”? Again, it’s just saying keep an eye on them, especially at a protest. They could be a cop. So be careful…
This guy is definitely a cop
If you zoom in (the potato quality image) there is absolutely the outline of a vest under the shirt. The printing on the back pocket is not round like a tin of chew. The rest I couldn’t say for sure, boots, bracelet, etc. but the vest and cuffs look dead on.
I have no real experience with this IRL (so probably means I’m in the target audience) but I understood the graphic to just be a starting point.
Couldn’t it just be resolved with a simple follow-up conversation? e.g.
“Hey you’re not a cop, are you?”
“No way man”
“Ok, lift up your shirt for a sec.”
If he won’t, he’s probably wearing a vest and/or wire.
Or alternative scenario: “Hey you’re welcome to join, but you gotta ditch the handcuffs.”
“What, you mean this tin of sour candy?”
Dawg asking someone in public to lift their shirt sounds exactly like something a cop would ask. Sketch, or something you saw in a show.
A clear sign are also people in red baseball hats licking the cop boots.
One arrow missing, pointing to the partially covered Nazi tattoo.
Some of those that work forces
Agent provacateur?
This infographic first turned up during the BLM protests, but one should generally be wary of undercover agents.
Cuffs could be snus tho. If you only spot one of these, prob not a cop but if its multiple signs then its prob a cop
I don’t even need to pay attention to their clothing. Pigs have a distinct smell and swagger to them that immediately gives them away.
Generally these are the guys who are inciting violence and even starting it, they will throw bottles and encourage violence and then use the footage of their own cops as proof that the protesters are violent.
ban demonstrations, provide no evidence, commit act of violence towards unarmed protestors, cause concussions and stampedes, label them terrorists and talk about the tax money lost because there was damage to nearby buildings
Don’t attack just point and oink.
What is a ‘thin blue line bracelet’ and why does it give away an undercover cop?
Thin blue line is cop supporter shit. Back the blue, etc…
Lol, shouldn’t you take that off if you go out pretending you’re with the protesters and all?
Depends on whether they want to be spotted. Sometimes the point is to be obviously intimidating and try to divide the protesters over throwing someone out. Other times it’s to be an obvious plant so that after getting rid of them the protesters think they’re no longer infiltrated and overlook the less obvious one. And sometimes it really is just incompetence.
Another thing to look for is a cell phone standing up in a shirt pocket with the camera facing forward.
Hypothetically enough civilians wear them as well so that alone isn’t proof. That with the cuffs is certainly enough to be wary.
Yeah, I feel like this picture was made as satire.
Could also be used as an identifier for other officers in case they get into an altercation and need to signal “hey I’m on your side”.
I am not sure if they were being coy, but I saw another user say “color of the day” meaning that it might not just be blue, and that they could be cycling colors to obfuscate detection from protest groups on multi day protests.
Diet Nazi imagery.
Google it for different varieties of bracelet.
This is the wiki on the thin blue line.
In the UK they like North Face coats a lot of the time. They don’t really use plain clothes for protest as much anymore. A new strategy that is similar but annoying is the use of “auditors”. One of the big ones became an informant so they all copied him in becoming unaware unofficial evidence gatherers, even though the whole concept of auditing is supposedly highlighting police corruption.
One of the big ones
A large cop?
they all copied him in becoming unaware unofficial evidence gatherers
They who?
At my school, there was this guy in my general circle. Played in a punk band, different one than mine, hanging out at the same parties, didn’t talk much, but easy to get along with. Also, looked like a punk and partied like a punk. Really good with his instrument, also did jazz on a high level.
Many years later, someone sent me a link from a left leaning forum: He was caught as a deep undercover cop. Apparently went to the police academy (~ 3 years in Germany) and got planted shortly after. He “lived” 100 km from his home with roommates who politically active, again in a punk band, participating in apparently as many political groups as he could schedule. Almost all of them were entirely legal, such as advocating for better welfare laws. He sat there, listened, didn’t talk much. No contact to actual terrorist cells or anything like that. Minor vandalism and unregistered protests perhaps.
They only caught him after a few years when someone from our home town recognised him at a punk concert and called him by his real name in front of other people. He just walked away, and his fake personality disappeared immediately. From what I can find, doing low-profile police work ever since.
It’s a bit concerning that they spy on entirely legal groups as well as groups who commit minor offences with such enormous resources. Must have cost like 100k per year; with deep analysis of his reports probably more. Just to get a list of people to “take care of” when we go full Trump here?
Anyway, my point: Surprising that the undercover cop in the picture makes so many mistakes. He was apparently spotless.
Haha I am sleepy so I can’t look up the source right now: but American Intelligence has stated in the past they don’t like to infiltrate tight leftist groups because leftists usually will ask the Plant many questions. The Plant often has to read a lot to prepare so that they pass the sniff test. They’ve stated that they prefer to infiltrate any other groups (especially conservative groups) because they don’t have to read so much.
That’s an incredibly interesting story. Thanks for sharing.
This is the US. There are very little training requirements. The specific requirements are usually state based. Arkansas and Indiana have basically no training required. The average officer trains for 21 weeks.
Get into some of the smaller cities and they’ll throw any rookie into plain clothes and call them undercover with very little undercover training.
This guy is likely more of an agitator than an investigator. He’s equipped to be an enforcer, not to investigate.
