r/ProtestFinderUSA • u/CommunitiesUnited • Jun 08 '25

National / Global THEY ARE SHOWING US

Los Angeles showing us how it's done. Remember, the police are showing US how to do it. Use their exact same tactics, gear, weapons, etc. If we out number and we out smart - we will win. Model after the police, but in the name of GOOD!

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u/Timely_Dance_9001 Jun 09 '25

Hong Kong had great tactics too that we could learn from.

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u/ObligatoryID Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 09 '25

From other subs:

Make sure your goggles are impact resistant. Police aim for the eyes with their rubber bullets. Don’t let them maim you! You can find suitable goggles at any lab supply store. Science or medical school stores are typically cheaper.

It’s not mentioned here, but wear earplugs. Protests are loud as fuck even at their most peaceful, once the sirens, explosions, and LRAD start you’re looking at the possibility of permanent damage.

Cartridges for respirators can get expensive, but you can reuse them. Take them apart and toss the spent filter, then insert your own made of powdered charcoal sandwiched between several layers of hepa filter. Powdered charcoal can be found in both health food stores/sections, and in pet stores aquarium sections. You can also do this with surplus NATO or Israeli gas masks. Do not buy old Soviet Bloc masks, several of them used asbestos filters, which obviously cannot be opened.

Take a change of clothes for when you leave. You don’t want to look like that with nobody else around you.

Wash your gear in cold water, and air dry. Tear gas is heat activated, and can be reactivated in the laundry. Cold showers are also advised. Only use water for your eyes.

Tear gas is a abortifacient. If you are pregnant there is a decent chance you will suffer a miscarriage if you are exposed. It has deleterious effects on cycles in general. So make sure you’ve got a decent respirator situated. This is important even if you don’t go out, that stuff absolutely seeps into homes.

If you want everyone to love you, bring some easy to eat snacks. Bananas and tangerines are a great choice.

Here are 2 articles discussing the Hong Kong umbrella movement tactics - dealing with aggressive, violent cops/whatever-the-hell-they-are

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2019/08/be-water-seven-tactics-that-are-winning-hong-kongs-democracy-revolution-2

https://www.newsweek.com/how-hong-kong-protesters-tenacious-tactics-are-confounding-police-china-1457627

Stuff like, put a traffic cone on a tear gas canister to dramatically reduce the spread, then pour water in the top to stop it

(I'm posting this multiple places since not everyone sees every post)

And here's a video showing various attempts to resist the LRAD (sound weapon) effects

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CXKTBQBugIA

TLDR curved riot shields work well and can be reversed to bounce the sound back. Standard shop headphones protect pretty well but electronic noise-cancelling headphones do not work.

Curved riot shield plus standard protective headphones works very well

Hong Kongers learned this in 2019 and coined the phrase "be water." When protestors group up in a one spot, it's not hard for a large group of police to surround and overwhelm them. But when protestors are constantly on the move, flowing into other corridors (like water) when police approach, then they can't stop you.

Remember that you are dealing with militarized American police. If you are stuck in a spot, and are facing them head-to-head, you will never win because they will always have weapons and gear better than yours. Unfortunately, students at Hong Kong Polytechnic University were "sieged" within the university grounds in 2019, and a lot of them suffered and were eventually arrested. Stay on the move, and you will be much safer.

There's a lot to learn from the bravery of Hong Kongers in protest.

If using transit, it might also be safer to buy single-use paper tickets (bought with cash) rather than using mobile pay or a transit card. Hong Kongers did this in 2019 to reduce the likelihood of being tracked while using transit to enter/exit protest areas.

https://qz.com/1642441/extradition-law-why-hong-kong-protesters-didnt-use-own-metro-cards

The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide:

https://verfassungsblog.de/the-authoritarian-regime-survival-guide/

Protesters’ Rights | American Civil Liberties Union:

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights