{"id":5357,"date":"2017-02-08T06:17:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T11:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/policepsychologyblog.com\/?p=5357"},"modified":"2017-02-12T21:50:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T02:50:33","slug":"police-psychology-in-the-mind-of-an-anarchist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/policepsychologyblog.com\/?p=5357","title":{"rendered":"Police Psychology | \u201cInside the Mind\u201d of an Anarchist"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Police Psychology | \u201cInside the Mind\u201d of an Anarchist<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">by Gary S. Aumiller, Ph.D. ABPP<br>\n<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">There are the guys seen dressed in all black with black masks that are crashing chairs through windows and ripping up cars alongside of the road at the recent demonstrations.\u00a0 They are destruction-oriented <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5367\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/policepsychologyblog.com\/?attachment_id=5367\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/policepsychologyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Aranchy.sign_.png?fit=300%2C248\" data-orig-size=\"300,248\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Aranchy.sign\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/policepsychologyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Aranchy.sign_.png?fit=300%2C248\" class=\"wp-image-5367 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/policepsychologyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Aranchy.sign_.png?resize=244%2C202\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"202\" loading=\"lazy\">and do not tend to favor either party, although they sit with the extreme left now and most often do.\u00a0 They look for a peaceful demonstrations and turn it into a riot. \u00a0\u00a0They call themselves anarchists, and they are not so much of a group as an instant mob, just add water.\u00a0 One thing is for sure, they make a demonstration uncomfortable, not only for police, but for the demonstrators themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">A true anarchist does not want any government at all.\u00a0 They fight all forms of authority and even fight the idea that a society should be organized.\u00a0 That is why they look for demonstrations and try to create chaos.\u00a0 They don\u2019t like authority so they destroy anything built by a company, such as a building.\u00a0 The cars they just throw in for free as they represent the hierarchy of life.\u00a0 They wear black for a reason, and it is not to look thin.\u00a0 Black is the absence of color, the absence of light.\u00a0\u00a0 This is homegrown terrorism and the actors are known as domestic terrorists.\u00a0 But there is more than meets the eye in this terrorist movement.\u00a0 Let\u2019s get inside \u201cTHE MIND OF AN ANARCHIST.\u201d<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">If you could walk in the mind of most anarchists, you would find most of them are no more than rebellious teens that haven\u2019t left the rebellion stage yet.\u00a0 As much as they don\u2019t believe in being told what to do, they are in a strange way controlled to rebel in a certain fashion decided by others, usually older anarchists.\u00a0 They are angry at everything, and act in violent ways toward property which expends quite a bit of energy.\u00a0 That is why the old expression you don\u2019t find too many old anarchists.\u00a0 Essentially the older anarchists have a real goal of reducing government and making the country more an \u201cevery man for themselves.\u201d\u00a0 Of course, there are distinctions in between such as minarchist, which believe in a minimal government, and then there are anarcho-capitalist, who believe that privately owned business should compete for government functions, rather than have a government.\u00a0 Too much information I am sure, but I wanted to clear that up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">So being in the mind of a younger anarchist is really a jumble.\u00a0 Anger overtakes reason.\u00a0 They are sort of hypnotized by the goals of destruction and often can\u2019t control it. On many of the anarchist\u2019s raids, the players get a little stoned or drunk before they go out and begin destruction.\u00a0 Underneath it is the fear of being caught, which increases the younger and more inexperienced they are.\u00a0 They are driven more by the destruction and the chaos they cause, and that also gives them a little high.\u00a0 They particularly like demonstrations because there is an audience right in front of them, and although the audience may be shouting for them to stop, it is the stage they want more than anything.\u00a0 Destruction is a peculiar drug unto itself.\u00a0 It would not be beyond reason to expect them to be carrying a weapon, although they may not know how to use it well.\u00a0 As in all terrorists, the possibility of an arrest will set off a debacle and they will not go easily.\u00a0 Expect fighting and screaming, as an arrest to them is unfair punishment by the oppressive government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Now the older anarchist poses a different profile.\u00a0 There is sort of a self-selection of people that have stayed around awhile and have gained some experience.\u00a0 The older anarchist believes in what they are doing, which in their minds is bringing down the government.\u00a0 However, they realize that they alone are not going to bring down the government, but they just want to make a dent in it.\u00a0 They are likely to have been arrested before, gone through the court process, and have been let slide for the most part.\u00a0 They may have spent a short time in jail so there is no fear there.\u00a0 They would likely go easier on an arrest, but you will need to be meticulous with procedures like Mirandizing them and very strict on making sure their rights are not violated.\u00a0 Lawyers can be brutal when defending them.\u00a0 You also should talk minimally, as they realize if they can get you talking they will have more material to use against you.\u00a0 Think a cult leader when you make an arrest of an older anarchist, old, crafty, and dangerous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">When you come home from working a demonstration and you have contact with some anarchists, be aware because you will feel some anxiety.\u00a0 Anxiety happens after the event more frequently, so some self-help for this is a good idea.\u00a0 That has been covered in other places, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/policepsychologyblog.com\/?p=1377\">here<\/a>, but you should take it seriously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In my opinion, one of the problems with homegrown or domestic terrorists is the justice system, at least in the US, does not treat it as they would outside terrorism. \u00a0Whether it is eco-terrorism, anarchists or ISIS, they should be treated with equal emotion, equal investigation and equal punishment.\u00a0 \u00a0Violent people are violent people, and if they are willing to take the rights away from others, there is a major problem. \u00a0Too many people throwing a chair through a glass window are left with reparations and that is it in court. \u00a0If it has a purpose of bringing down the government, if it is violent, and if others rights are violated it is terrorism, so call it one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Site Administrator:\u00a0 <em>Gary S. Aumiller, Ph.D. ABPP<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Please share this article from down below.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Please join the email list on the top of the sidebar and you can get these sent to your email.\u00a0 Also follow me on Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThinBlueMind\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThinBlueMind<\/a>) for other articles and ideas, and YouTube at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfjNw0510ipr3bX587IvAHg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfjNw0510ipr3bX587IvAHg<\/a> .<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police Psychology | \u201cInside the Mind\u201d of an Anarchist by Gary S. 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