Regarding the NYPD, the Portland Mercury has reported on how this has happened in Portland as well - perhaps it would be useful to readers to provide a link to compare.
It should be remembered that infiltrating liberal groups is a standard protocol of all law enforcement in the United States, so that they may identify and track radicals, even if that surveillance activity is illegal under locale, state, or federal laws - it is still conducted. As Theriault pointed out, the modern excuse is “terrorism”, but they’ll drum up any shit, locally it is often the “Green Scare”. This sort of reminds me of what JFK said about peaceful revolutions....
It should be remembered that infiltrating liberal groups is a standard protocol of all law enforcement in the United States, so that they may identify and track radicals, even if that surveillance activity is illegal under locale, state, or federal laws - it is still conducted. As Theriault pointed out, the modern excuse is “terrorism”, but they’ll drum up any shit, locally it is often the “Green Scare”. This sort of reminds me of what JFK said about peaceful revolutions....