The Subversive Manipulation of Crowds

Sunday, May 05, 2024

The Israel/Hamas conflict is stimulating growing unrest across the nation. Although the conflict in Gaza is the current motivation for protest, unrest in major U.S. cities is a recurring dynamic. And while causes may differ, the formula employed to incite unrest follows a standard "playbook" that has proven effective dating back over three-quarters of a century.

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... Although dated, these methods have proven effective over time and have been more recently revalidated by elements such as ANTIFA in the earlier portion of this decade. These methods are now being employed by pro-Palestinian/anti-Israeli protestors in a relatively uniform manner, so their increasingly violent manifestations should be anticipated. As we enter this latest stage of unrest, Law enforcement personnel should be aware of this playbook to better anticipate the methods of agitation employed to incite violence.

Perhaps the best example of providing historical context to current events is the study titled Human Factors Considerations of Undergrounds in Insurgencies, which was produced by the U.S. Department of Defense in 1966.

This was "the book" for training insurgents to overthrow governments or training governments how to suppress insurgencies " depending on which side of the fight the U.S. proxy was on. The study was based on a detailed analysis of underground organizations during WWII and 24 insurgencies since WWII, some of which were still ongoing at the time of the publication, and most of which were Soviet-sponsored, communism-motivated insurgencies.

The study was updated in 2013, but the updated version was skewed toward the more recent global terrorism issues, so the original 1966 version remains the best reference for understanding the civil unrest tactics that are being employed in America's streets today. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-04 12:28 AM | Reply

Who's doing the Fat Donnie Loser crowds?

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-05-04 11:25 PM | Reply

So, I read the article and I'm afraid that I'm going to still need a TLDR.

Is it that the Pro-Hamas protesters are the idiots of the week who will do whatever their own outliers and moron leaders dictate? No matter how unattainable their goals and harmful to the cause they claim?

That would be in keeping with the actions of the Palestinian people over the last 80 years, so no surprises there.

#3 | Posted by censored at 2024-05-05 11:52 AM | Reply

#3 | Posted by censored

You post here a lot and often seem to understand very little of what you post about.

#4 | Posted by Angrydad at 2024-05-05 12:15 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

Interesting article.

Thanks for sharing. No one that goes to these events will probably ever read it to try and understand how they are possibly being manipulated. They won't believe it.

Human do seem to act differently in crowds. And controlling crowds without injuries takes a lot of patience and tactical planning.

And I have noticed that it seems that it only takes one or two (what seem like professional) agitators (they even bring their own megaphones) to get a large crowd that is already primed and on edge and gathered for a single reason to get riled up and turn to violence.

#5 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-05-05 12:37 PM | Reply

@#5 ... And I have noticed that it seems that it only takes one or two (what seem like professional) agitators (they even bring their own megaphones) to get a large crowd that is already primed and on edge and gathered for a single reason to get riled up ...

It almost looks as if the crowd is just waiting, looking for a direction to go in...

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-05 12:55 PM | Reply

Well... we know what happens if a President who knows he lost an election tells a riled up, angry and armed crowd to go to the Capitol and, "Fight Like Hell!" to stop the peaceful transfer of power.

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2024-05-05 01:08 PM | Reply

You post here a lot and often seem to understand very little of what you post about. #4 | POSTED BY ANGRYDAD

Thank you for your feedback.

#8 | Posted by censored at 2024-05-05 01:33 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

The New York police department issued a press release saying that among those arrested at Columbia, "approximately 29% of individuals were not affiliated" with the school, while 60% of people arrested at the CCNY protests were not affiliated with the school.

Professional agitators

#9 | Posted by phesterOBoyle at 2024-05-05 02:37 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Yes, the pigs are in fact professional agitators.

How do you know a pig is lying? Its lips are moving.

#10 | Posted by DarkVader at 2024-05-05 02:55 PM | Reply

That publication was part of the study material for a training course I took years ago. I didn't take it seriously at the time but I kept the book and pulled it out today. I have been to hundreds of protests, mostly during my years as a police officer in DC. Looking back, the book was spot on. I am a firm believer in the first amendment and the right to protest peacefully. Unfortunately, so many protests are not peaceful.

I have also seen first hand, that the core group at most DC area protests are just not mentally stable people who function well in society. In DC, we saw the same people show up, all over town, regardless of the cause of the protest, pasting over last weeks signs with this weeks messages. I wouldn't go so far as to call them professional protesters, but that seemed to be their main purpose in life. They thrived on it, the energy and the percieved power it gave them to be disruptive, lashing out angrily, screaming and spitting at cops.

Along with that core group there were always fresh faced newbies, usually idealistic young women who were sincerely passionate about the cause of the day. Lotsa tears and drama and occasional reports of exploitation by the core group, both sexual and financial. Maybe some of you have some inspirational protest stories. That is what I saw from the inside.

#11 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-05 03:11 PM | Reply

Bwahaha. Sure.

#12 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-05-05 03:43 PM | Reply

Someday you'll grow up and be a real boy then you'll have some of your own experiences to share. For now, we understand why you persist in insulting others like a 12 year old boy. Puberty is coming, hang on.

#13 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-05 03:58 PM | Reply

>#3 | Posted by censored
You post here a lot and often seem to understand very little of what you post about.
#4 | Posted by Angrydad

Also, too, if you could be troubled to let me know why my understanding was incorrect or what you understand, I'd be appreciative. Thanks in advance!

On the other hand, if you've got nothing to add on that and just wanted to insult me, that's fine too. Adds a little spice to my otherwise mundane existence.

#14 | Posted by censored at 2024-05-05 05:01 PM | Reply

Thank you for your feedback.

#8 | Posted by censored at 2024-05-05 01:33 PM | Reply | Flag

To be honest, that's the most lucid post I've ever seen the guy put together, lmao... He's like Sniper with less ambition.

#15 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-05-05 10:23 PM | Reply

@#11 ... That publication was part of the study material for a training course I took years ago. I didn't take it seriously at the time but I kept the book and pulled it out today. I have been to hundreds of protests, mostly during my years as a police officer in DC. Looking back, the book was spot on.

I am a firm believer in the first amendment and the right to protest peacefully. Unfortunately, so many protests are not peaceful. ...

Yeah. I agree with that "peaceful" aspect.

And police officers often have to put themselves between the peaceful and the violent.

As seen in the J6 riots.

#16 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-05 11:27 PM | Reply

...police officers often...
#16 | Posted by LampLighter

And their mission is often to turn the peaceful violent.

#17 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2024-05-06 08:13 PM | Reply

Calling those who protest the slaughter of Palestinians "pre-Hamas" is just like vietnam War Protesters Communists. It is the same type of lie used to discredit legitimate protests against crimes committed either by our own government or by a nation we mistakenly support that is committing horrrndous crimes against civillian people.
When it was fhe U.S. in Vietnam napalming villages or in Iraq using depleted Uranium shells it is fhe same propaganda tactic Accuse protesters of actually joining the forces of the enemy. As if people can't be against Hamas and the wholesale slaughter of civillians at the same time! It is the same God damned propaganda tactic used over and over and it appars that many Americans are falling for it again! Can't y'all ever learn?
There are reasons for this war and the Israelis are to blame for mann of those reasons, there will be no lasting peace without a real two state solution and the U.S. needs to inform Netanyahoo and the Zionists in Israel of that fact in no uncertain terms.

#18 | Posted by danni at 2024-05-07 04:48 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Calling those who protest the slaughter of Palestinians "[pro]-Hamas" is just like vietnam War Protesters Communists. [...]#18 | Posted by danni

Not sure what you're going on about, 20% of Americans are proudly pro-Hamas. ("A recent Harvard-Harris poll indicates that [...] 20% support the Hamas terrorist organization." www.msn.com).

Probably this guy as well: "Stanford Gives FBI Photo of Protester with Hamas Headband" drudge.com

A sizeable portion of your beloved protesters love Hamas and hate Jews. Don't really understand why you're taking the trouble to deny it.

#19 | Posted by censored at 2024-05-07 12:42 PM | Reply

"Jews Will Not Replace Us."
"Blood And Soil."

#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-05-07 12:54 PM | Reply

"Calling those who protest the slaughter of Palestinians "pre-Hamas" is just like vietnam War Protesters Communists."

It's one thing to protest war. It's an entirely different matter when you act like and fraternize with terrorists like Jane Fonda sitting on a North Vietnamese tank for a photo op.

#21 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-05-07 01:24 PM | Reply