An investigation by The Guardian has revealed that undercover officers with the New York Police Department worked to infiltrate a group of Black Lives Matter protesters. The investigation draws on emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, which shows how undercover officers posed as protesters and gained access to small text message groups used by the protesters. This is Kim Ortiz with the group NYC Shut It Down, which has been holding a weekly protest every Monday night for the last two years highlighting a different person killed by the police every week.
Kim Ortiz: “There are undercovers in our marches. We had a FOIA request that just came out. And we know that they’re using a lot of tactics to try to infiltrate our spaces, when all we’re trying to do is call for accountability.”
