=v= Take a look at this documentation of a bizarre series of
actions during the May Day Reclaim the Street event:

http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2002/05/125609.php

An excerpt is below.
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FALSE ARREST BY "BLACK BLOCK" POLICE SABOTEUR!
Three arrests at May Eve Reclaim the Streets demonstration in
Berkeley last night.
Indymedia reporter targeted by police frame-up.

Quality video footage clearly shows a man dressed as part of the
"black block" (with mask and hood) shove a peaceful demonstrator
across the intersection of Fulton and Ashby in Berkeley,
directly into the police line, where he was immediately
violently arrested. Witnesses felt that the agent was trying to
give the impression that the demonstrator had charged the police
line, but video clearly refutes the notion that the demonstrator
was anything but a helpless victim.

The undercover agent passed quickly through the police line and
walked away as if nothing happened, while others attempting to
be witnesses were clubbed or chased away. When demonstrators
demanded that the "black block" agent saboteur be arrested and
identified for pushing the peaceful demonstrator into the police
line, the agent (who was then hiding on a front porch, behind a
tree) left the porch and walked through still more groups of
police with impunity. The arrestee was a photographer working
with Indymedia.
http://sf.indymedia.org/

Another arrest occurred just before and during this arrest.
Witnesses said it could have been meant as a distraction. That
first arrest, just as the second, occurred suddenly and through
the use of surprise, diverting attention from the second arrest
of the reporter. What if no one had seen what really happened,
and the reporter was framed for assault on a police officer?
Given the history of FBI attempts to target Indymedia, and the
current climate of repression brought about by the Patriot Act
and other acts against the people, this possibility is worthy of
investigation.

Footage available from two camera angles.

The May Eve Reclaim the Streets demonstration was part of the
"Mayday Convergence: Autonomous Festivals of Resistance", a week
of resistance in many forms, celebrating Mayday. Anti-capitalist
Convergence & Autonomous Festivals of Resistance is a week-long
series of direct actions, demonstrations, marches and
celebrations to oppose Global Capitalism and all forms of
oppression. A variety of events have been taking place in the
San Francisco Bay Area from April 26th to May 1st. The
convergence continues the centuries-old tradition of May Day as
a time of celebration of the Earth and human creativity. May Day
has been an Anarchist and pro-worker holiday internationally
since the general strikes of 1886.

For a more complete schedule of events, including photos,
contact information and more details, visit
http://www.festivalsofresistance.net

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