Walter Gerash on Provocateurs

August 25th, 2008 Sam Fuqua Posted in Audio, Demonstrations, Hillary Clinton |

An “Agent Provocateur” is a person employed by the police or other law enforcement body to act undercover and entice or provoke another person to commit an illegal act. The history of non-violent protest movements in the United States includes evidence of many provocateurs. One such history lesson comes from Denver and the memory of Walter Gerash. He’s practiced law in Denver for over 50 years…and represented many high profile protesters, including Black Panthers, the Chicano rights group Crusade for Justice and the Dominican nuns who poured their blood on a nuclear missile silo in Colorado. Gerash says the memory of provocateurs in Denver has him expecting similar actions during the Democratic National Convention. He spoke with KGNU’s Sam Fuqua.