DHS tells the police that frequent protest activities are “violent tactics”

The risk-based approach of DHS reflects a more comprehensive postponement of the US criminal prosecution authorities in the United States according to 9/11 security priorities that increase the perceived intentions of demonstrable misconducts and uses behavioral characteristics, affiliations and other potentially predictive indicators to justify early intervention and extended surveillance.

A year ago, DHS warned that complaints in connection with immigration would predict an increase in threats to judges, migrants and law enforcement authorities, which predicted that new laws and top -class procedures would further radicalize individuals. In February, another merger center reported renewed demands for violence against the police and government officials, whereby the perceived over -control of the federal government and the identification of protests and court hearings cited as a likely trigger.

Sometimes the extensive predictions can appear with foresight and reflect real flashpoints: in Texas, an alleged coordinated ambush In a detention center, ice agents took off with fireworks this week before shots broke out on July 4th and a policeman shot into his throat. (Almost a dozen arrests were made before at least 10 due to attempted murder.)

In the run -up to the protests, the agencies are increasingly based on the forecast for the secret services to identify groups that are considered ideologically subversive or tactically unpredictable. Demonstrators, which are called “transgressively”, can be monitored, detained or fulfilled with strength without charges.

Scientists of social movement recognize the introduction of the preventive protest police as a departure from the approaches of the late 20th century, which prioritized de -escalation, communication and relief. In its place, the authorities have increasingly emphasized control over demonstrations through early intervention, surveillance and disorder – the organizers who restrict public space and proactively react on the basis of perceived risks as the actual behavior.

The infrastructure, which was originally developed to combat terrorism, now often serves to monitor protests on the street level, whereby virtual investigative units on demonstrators aim to test based on the online printout. Fusion centers, which are financed by DHS grants, have increasingly published bulletins that protest slogans, references to the brutality of the police and solidarity events as signs of possible violence that do not clearly provide clear evidence of criminal intentions.

The monitoring of demonstrators comprised the construction of dossiers (referred to as “baseball cards”) with analysts that use high-tech tools to create social media contributions, affiliations, personal networks and public explanations of state politics.

Get exclusively from WIRED, a DHS dossier about Mahmoud Khalil, the former doctoral student of Columbia and Anti-War activist, shows that analysts from Canary Mission, a shady black list, anonymously critic of Israeli military action and supporters of Palestinian rights.

A high -ranking DHS official in front of the Federal Supreme Court on Wednesday recognized This material from Canary Mission was used to put together more than 100 dossiers for students and scholars, despite the ideological inclination of the site, mysterious financing and the non -verifiable procurement.

Threat bulletins can also stimulate officers to anticipate conflicts and shape their attitude and decisions on site. After violent protests from 2020, the police authority in San Jose quoted the “numerous secret service bulletins”, which it received from her local regional fusion center DHS and the FBI, among other things as a centrally to understand the way of thinking of the civil servants in the days before and in the entire citizens.

Specific bulletine cited by the SJPD – its protest reaction A 620,000 US dollar agreement In this month, the demonstrations for “domestic terrorists” before opportunistic attacks on criminal prosecution and promoted an “unconfirmed report” by U-Haul Vans, which were allegedly used to the ferry of weapons and explosives.

Subsequent reporting According to Bluelaks-one 269 gigabyte rubble copy of internal police documents, which were obtained from a source that was identified anonymously as a hacktivist group and published by the transparency group Distributed rejection of secrets– Discovered bulletins of federal bulletins, which were characterized by un observed demands, a vague threat language and a real misinformation, including warnings of a parody website that allegedly paid for demonstrators and accepted Bitcoin to set fire, despite a clear banner that described the website “fake”.

Threat warnings – not classified and routinely accessible to the press – can help law enforcement authorities to form the public perception of protests before they start and lay the foundations for the legitimation of aggressive police answers. DEHS warnings over domestic terrorists infiltrate demonstrations in 2020, which were publicly reproduced by the acting secretary of the agency on Twitter, widespread and widespread increased in media reporting.

The Americans are generally against aggressive protests, but if they support them, fear is often the driving force. Experimental studies suggest that support for the use of forces depends less on what demonstrators actually do than how they are presented – on civil servants, the media and through racist and ideological framework.