In Denver during the George Floyd uprising, the main street medic crew, who also engaged in marshalling and peace policing, were working directly with FBI informant Mickey Windecker. He had them soliciting phone numbers and names from activists and fed them directly to the Denver Police Department and the FBI. Every number and name given to one of these street medics was handed over to law enforcement. Mickey was trusted because he was a “serious” and “disciplined” communist despite obvious signs he was some sort of op by experienced radicals. Much of the compromising info Mickey soliciting for law enforcement was sent over walkie-talkies. Mickey also effectively cop-jacketed people who didn’t fall in line. He even tried it with our crew after we blew his cover.

Peace police are useful assets to state counterinsurgency efforts, not only because they try to deescalate unrest, but also because they’re easy to trick into working with law enforcement.

What folks need to understand is that any public protest, like an occupation, will have infiltrators in it. It’s not possible to know the face of every cop, fascist, and snitch in town. This is why many radicals, anarchists in particular, have developed security practices that assume there are infiltrators in their midst. The only way to marshall every undercover out of the public demo, is to marshall every protester you don’t know either. Even then, there is a good chance peace policer officer is working with an undercover because they don’t understand threat modeling or security culture.

In solidarity,
Colorado Springs Anti-Fascists