The most important thing when forming a black bloc is to be able to act as one. That means the ability to effectively confront a detachment of riot police of equal numbers without loosing ground immediatly. This also means the ability to defeat undercover police snatch teams right out, forcing the tactical adversary to use uniformed and armoured riot police only instead.
Note that the successful black blocs are ( like in Hamburg or Athens, sometimes Paris ) are not engaged at closed proximity by the police, simply that would be far too dangerous for them.
Not being able or willing to do that, but using the outfit to trash undefenbded objects, is indeed a fshion statement only
To blackbloc or not to blackbloc
The most important thing when forming a black bloc is to be able to act as one. That means the ability to effectively confront a detachment of riot police of equal numbers without loosing ground immediatly. This also means the ability to defeat undercover police snatch teams right out, forcing the tactical adversary to use uniformed and armoured riot police only instead.
Note that the successful black blocs are ( like in Hamburg or Athens, sometimes Paris ) are not engaged at closed proximity by the police, simply that would be far too dangerous for them.
Not being able or willing to do that, but using the outfit to trash undefenbded objects, is indeed a fshion statement only