"In the United States, Red Squads were police intelligence units that specialized in infiltrating, conducting counter-measures and gathering intelligence on political and social groups during the 20th century. Dating as far back as the Haymarket Riot in 1886, Red Squads became common in larger cities such as Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles during the First Red Scare of the 1920s. They were set up as specialized units of city police departments, as a weapon against labor unions, communists, anarchists, and other dissidents." (wikipedia 8/13/2012)

Phoenix Police Planning and Community Relations Bureau "Community Response Squad"

Phoenix Police Planning and Community Relations Bureau "Community Response Squad"
DO NOT LET THE SMILES FOOL YOU: Top Row Lt. Bryan Coley, Det. Rick Tamburo, Det. Dottie Conroy, Det. Al Ramirez, Det. Rick Flum, Det. Tony Davis Bottom Row Det. Jeff Wood, Sgt. Mark Schweikert, Det. Jerry Oliver, Det. Chris Wilson, Det. Chris Abril

Resisting the PHX Police Red Squad


AUGUST 13, 2012: This blog is to document the struggle of Arizona's radical activists against the tactics of the Phoenix Police Planning and Community Relations Bureau Community Response Squad, AKA The Red Squad. It's being launched in the wake of a grave violation by a Red Squad detective, Chris Wilson, who was arrested last week for multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct with 2 minors. His victims, apparently, were young activists whom he had befriended in the course of his work as the Phoenix Police liason to the GLBTQ community. He confessed when confronted and sits in jail awaiting prosecution.

This post from another blog describes the concerns some community activists had with our Red Squad long before Detective Wilson's transgressions. It provides a starting point for those unfamiliar with protest policing in the city of Phoenix. The body of this blog will be a critical analysis of Red Squad tactics as they've affected our liberation movements - as well as individual activists - and a diary of our resistance. More than just resisting, we're fighting back.




PHX Red Squad busting Occupy "campers"

Lessons in resistance: Come armed with your video cameras, folks, to every protest our community has and film the Red Squad in action. Call them on their BS and send the link or embed code to us to post. Lets teach each other how best to deal with them from experience...

PHX PD Red Squad's Chris Wilson tackling CODE PINK LIZ...

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Wilson Preliminary Hearing: FRI AUG 17 8:30

sorry for the confusion about the court appearances, folks.  It'll be good to touch base in person with people this AM anyway.

Here's my sign:

 the most important message we need to relay 
in the wake of this, I think...


For those of you thinking about going to court this morning, it is apparently just a status conference, which I don't think anyone else is privy to. Here's what we want to make a showing for:

Phoenix Police Detective Christopher Wilson

Preliminary Hearing

Friday, AUGUST 17 at 8:30am 
Maricopa County Superior Court
South Court Tower ROOM 3a
175 W. Madison, PHX 85003

 (This is the new court building)

Am attaching a suggested flier below to hand out that day...feel free to print and distribute, or come up with something of your own. It would help if anyone has a stash of "KNOW YOUR RIGHTS" cards to bring by and hand outFriday morning while people wait to get into the courthouse.



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The Mikester said...

I LOVE THE "QUEERS ARE COOL" SIGN!! <3

August 24, 2012 at 11:18 AM

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