[URBAN NOTE] Derek Hawkins of the Washington Post on the resurgence of the "black bloc"

[rfmcdpei]

Derek Hawkins' Washington Post article describes how the "black bloc", anarchist rioters who go ot of their way to riot in their identity-hiding all-black uniforms, is making a comeback. I'm decidedly not impressed by this, not least since I remember what they did to downtown Toronto during the G20 protests in 2010, and how the black bloc rioters

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[anonymous]

I saw a story back during the Toronto affair that at one of the riots (in Montreal, I think) someone noticed that significant number of the BB instigators were wearing the same boots as the police. Not definite proof they were agents provocateurs rather than anarchist knuckleheads, but interesting none-the-less.

[resonant]

Also known as police.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-toronto-g20-riot-fraud-undercover-police-engaged-in-purposeful-provocation/19928

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/quebec-police-admit-they-went-undercover-at-montebello-protest-1.656171