Policing Social Protest

Porta, Donatella della; Fillieule, Olivier

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“…While emotions, motivation, grievances, and identity are important factors that lead individuals to join protests, such factors are tested when protesters come into contact with aggressive policing. Given that most high‐risk protests involve action against the state, the police are often called upon to suppress protests (della Porta and Fillieule :217). In the 1960s and 1970s, protest policing was based on the philosophy of “escalated force” in which increasing violence on the part of protesters was met with increasing force from police.…”

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“…The brutality of 1960s policing led to an alternative approach, “negotiated management,” in the mid‐1970s through 1990s. This permit‐ and negotiation‐based approach is focused on the underlying philosophy toward protection of free speech, tolerance for some disruption, deescalation, and the avoidance of police force unless necessary (della Porta and Fillieule ; Earl ). The protesters and police negotiated the use of protest permits that defined the nature and particulars of the protest in order to decrease disruptiveness from protesters and limit (the need for) police violence (King ).…”

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“… The “softer” policing style implies “the tolerance of a large number of protest groups and a wide range of protest activities, with low reliance upon the use of force and illegal tactics, and the development instead of prevention and negotiation with a flexible implementation of the law” (della porta and Fillieule :218). …”

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“I Will Be Out There Every Day Strong!” Protest Policing and Future Activism Among Ferguson and Baltimore Protesters

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An established body of literature shows that people engage in protest events for a number of reasons, including grievances, collective identity, increased efficacy, and emotions. However, it is unclear what happens to individuals’ motivation toward protest participation as they experience the reality of repressive policing. This study contributes to the theoretical body of knowledge of protest policing and social movements by investigating the microlevel processes that affect protest participation. Specifically, we build from the insights of previous research by examining how 102 Ferguson and Baltimore protesters with varying levels of commitment—revolutionary, intermittent, tourist—experienced repressive policing and how such tactics affected their subsequent decision to engage in future activism. Our findings suggest that those with the strongest commitment toward protest goals experienced the most repressive tactics, and yet did not seem to be deterred in their motivation to be engaged in future protests. In contrast, while repressive tactics appeared to deter the less committed individuals from street protests, they remained motivated to engage in other forms of civic engagement.

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“…Incluso cuando se rompía la ley como forma de desobediencia civil se usaba la mínima fuerza. Se entendía que la comunicación entre manifestantes y policía era básica para una conducta pacífica y evitar los medios coercitivos, las detenciones se llevaban a cabo como último recurso y la fuerza se intentaba evitar haciendo uso de cordones policiales o mediante los mismos procesos de negociación (della Porta y Diani, 2011; della Porta y Fillieule, 2007;McPhail, Schweingruber y McCarthy, 1998). De todas formas, hay que añadir que la aplicación de la estrategia negociadora ha sido siempre selectiva y que en los cuerpos policiales ha existido una clara distinción entre unos manifestantes "buenos" (tradicionalmente calificados como pacíficos, pragmáticos, interesados en la reivindicación y con una meta clara) y otros manifestantes malos (predominante calificados como jóvenes, desinformados, destructivos y agitadores) (della Porta y Diani, 2011;della Porta y Fillieule, 2007;Soule y Davenport, 2009).…”

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From Overcoming the fear to Protest, to using Fear as a repressive strategy towards the 15M movement

Calvet

Bosch

2015

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En este artículo analizamos qué estrategias de represión policial se desarrollaron en un importante punto de inflexión para la protesta y para la represión que se produjo con la irrupción del movimiento 15M en Barcelona. Mediante revisiones de prensa, grupos de discusión, así como entrevistas, hacemos algunas aportaciones empíricas a aquellas producciones teóricas que nos hablan de estilos policiales. Reconocemos que la "incapacitación estratégica" es un nuevo estilo policial que ha cogido fuerza en esta última década. Sin embargo, reflexionamos sobre este nuevo estilo policial en el marco de transformación de un estado, cada vez más punitivo, que crea enemigos que le sirven para actuar de forma menos garantista con la mayoría de la población y, en el caso de la protesta, para crear miedo y, en consecuencia, intentar desarticular y desgastar a los participantes y potenciales participantes de un movimiento social. Palabras claveIn this article we analyse the police repression strategies that were developed around the emergence of the 15M movement in Barcelona, which was an important turning point for protest and repression. Through press reviews, discussion groups and interviews we empirically contribute to previous theoretical studies that deal with strategies for policing protests. We recognize that "strategic incapacitation" is a new style of policing protests that has taken hold in the last decade. However, we reflect on the importance of understanding this new strategy, within an increasingly more punitive state under transformation, that creates enemies to erode the rights of most the population. In the case of the protests, this also seeks to create fear and consequently tries to dismantle and wear down current and potential participants of social movements.Camps Calvet, Clara & Vergés Bosch, Núria (2015). De la superación del miedo a protestar al miedo como estrategia represiva del 15M. Athenea Digital, 15(4), 129-154. http://dx.doi.org/10.5565/rev/athenea.1592 Introducción: perdiendo el miedo a protestar La profundidad de las consecuencias de la crisis actual iniciada en 2008 cogía fuerza a partir del 2010 en los países de la zona euro. La Europa del sur, en especial, pasaba a sufrir las consecuencias de los ataques por parte de especuladores junto con la imposición de duras condiciones de ajuste (Fontana, 2011). Una situación que no era sólo coyuntural, sino que se explicaba por procesos y apuestas de cambio político y económi-co más amplios y que además están estrechamente relacionados: el neoliberalismo, la globalización, la privatización de la política y la financiarización de la economía

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“…The first approach, connected with the set of political opportunity structure (POS) Kitschelt, 1986;Tarrow, 1994Tarrow, , 2013Kriesi, 2004) and resource mobilization (RM) theories Tilly, 1978), implies that social actors decide to mobilize on the basis of rational calculation, weighing potential benefits and losses of unconventional models of participation. Favoring structural conditions, such as the opening up of the relatively closed political system ; the openness/weaknesses of the political system (Kitschelt, 1986); perceived liberalization of the regime (Tarrow, 2013); anticipation of the support from other disadvantaged social actors (Tilly, 1978); and low repressive capacity of the system (Della Porta and Fillieule, 2004) also determine the probability of protest mobilization, providing a rationale for involvement in the collective action. The second approach to the protest mobilization studies discussed in this paper is a 'socio-cultural' approach (Habermas, 1984(Habermas, , 1996(Habermas, , 1999Castells, 2012;Honneth, 1995;Fraser, 2005;Offe, 1985;Touraine, , 1983.…”

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Intersections. EEJSP_Vol1_No3

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Policing Social Protest

Cited by 59 publications

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“I Will Be Out There Every Day Strong!” Protest Policing and Future Activism Among Ferguson and Baltimore Protesters

“I Will Be Out There Every Day Strong!” Protest Policing and Future Activism Among Ferguson and Baltimore Protesters

From Overcoming the fear to Protest, to using Fear as a repressive strategy towards the 15M movement

Intersections. EEJSP_Vol1_No3

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