There will reportedly be mass protests in Washington D.C. during the week of Sept. 27 focusing on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The protesters will be from the Anti-Capitalist and Anti-Globalist Convergence.
Although the protest will be in D.C., all departments should be aware of the groups involved and their tactics. Washington D.C. Metro Police have been training for this mass protest for several months. Federal Law Enforcement will be assisting D.C. Metro with intelligence and arrest procedures.
D.C. Metro Police are expecting medium to extreme violence. The groups are “making plans to shut the city down for a day and effectively stop business as usual.” Estimates of protesters gathering in D.C., have been from 30,000 to over 100,000. Protesters are coming from as far away as Australia and Canada, as well as from all over the United States. Thousands of Anarchists are staged in Virginia, Maryland, New York, D.C. and Massachusetts.
Several thousand Anarchists have been training for the D.C. protest for many months. They have trained in defensive tactics and how to deal with pepper spray. They will have vinegar soaked handkerchiefs around their faces to counter the pepper spray.
The Anarchists have performed surveillance and intelligence on D.C. Metro Police for about two months. The communication system they will use is cell phones, walkie-talkies, and bicycle messengers. The protesters will have EMT and paramedic trained personnel walking with the protesters-who will be clearly marked. Volunteers from the National Lawyers Guild will be at the protest helping the Anarchists with legal issues.
We are recommending the following web-sites to assist you in threat assessment:
Anarchist web-sites (note that there are more than 108):
Http://www.abolishthebank.org
Http://www.indymedia.org/
Http://www.infoshop.org/octo/thebigone.html