Forum Post: Passive Resistance tactics for protests
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 10, 2011, 12:50 a.m. EST by ramous
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from Wabash, IN
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You want to keep yourself from getting hurt, but you want to stand for your rights. Then don't stand...sit!
Not for nothing did the 'sit-ins' of the 60s work to keep protesters from getting hurt by police. Confronting police never works, it only gets you hurt. Confronting police is disorderly conduct. You are in your right to free speech, but not to be disorderly, (which also means not obeying the orders they give you.) They have been trained to deal with you and they will.
So here are passive resistance tactics..true non-violence that are within your rights. make them the bad guys, make no mistake who is provoking who.
1) Sit down! This makes it very clear you are not being confrontational. Don't yell anything. Don't be disorderly. Sit!
2) Link arms and hang on. Its harder to move a group.
3) Duct tape! tape yourselves together.
4) For the love of your own life, don't touch or make a sudden move to a cop who is trying to move you. If they think you are going for their gun, your life is over and your family has to live with that.
5) tear gas stings, but it wont kill you. DONT RUB! find water and flush with plenty of it. Use dish soap if you can get any, and let it sit a while to break down the gas. lots and lots of water. and pat dry. do not rub! did i say do not rub!
6) when you are doing passive resistance like this, just sitting there or going limp, you are not provoking anything and you are not being disorderly. You are truly being 'peaceful.' Now when you are arrested, you can file a counter suit. and do it.
ps, also about the gun thing, if you are standing too close to a cop, like if you were close enough to grab their gun if you wanted to they can pretty much stomp you into the ground to make you move farther away. they don't have to move or backdown, that is their job. but they can hurt you bad to make you move far away from that gun. so sit! bring back the non-violent sit in and keep yourselves safe. be smart.