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August 19, 2015

Documents Show Undercover Police Attended #BlackLivesMatter Protests 
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Newly released documents have confirmed undercover police in New York
City attended numerous Black Lives Matter protests and that police
tracked the movements of individual activists. Records obtained by The
Intercept show authorities circulated photographs and notes about the
activities of anti-police brutality protesters, including Jose La Salle,
founder of the police watchdog Copwatch Patrol Unit, and Ray Lewis, a
former Philadelphia police officer turned activist. The records appear
to provide the first documented evidence of the presence of undercover
police at Black Lives Matter rallies in New York City.

 

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