Five-finger tactics
The five-finger tactic describes a procedure used by larger groups of people to bypass police lines. It is usually of demonstrators applied to then, for example, blocks of Castor to perform -Transporten or closed off tracks to " ballast ".
The tactic became known in the media primarily through the mass blockades during the G8 summit in Heiligendamm in 2007 , when several thousand demonstrators managed to occupy the access roads to the conference venue.
principle
In the five-finger tactic, the demonstration train, which is initially closed, is made up of several blocks, the participants of which assign themselves a certain color or symbolism. When it encounters a police cordon, the train splits into a required number of blocks in different directions in order to be able to flow around the cordon and gather behind it. The name five-finger tactics came about because there are usually five blocks that fan out in different directions like five spreading fingers. The individual blocks in turn consist of so-called reference groups , which enables a further systematic diversification into individual groups. So far, this principle has mainly been implemented in fields and forest areas that are difficult to lock and control.
Web links
- Five fingers for a victory sign. Süddeutsche Zeitung , June 8, 2007.
swell
- ↑ Cat and mouse game of gravel. Spiegel-online , November 26, 2011.
- ↑ “Five-finger tactics” - that's how they got to the fence. Hamburger Abendblatt , June 7, 2007.