NYC ... Unidentified Officers Arrest Protester in Unmarked Van

[babylonsister]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-city-takes-a-page-from-portland-playbook-as-unidentified-officers-arrest-protester-in-unmarked-van?ref=home


New York City Takes a Page From Portland Playbook as Unidentified Officers Arrest Protester in Unmarked Van
CREEPY
Blake Montgomery
Updated Jul. 29, 2020 5:58AM ET /
Published Jul. 29, 2020 5:48AM ET

Law enforcement in New York City took a page from the Portland protest playbook Tuesday when plainclothes officers detained a protester from the street in a van lacking any discernible insignia. Those on the scene captured the arrest on video and said the protester was transgender. The NYPD issued a statement on the video but did not confirm the origin of the officers detaining the protester: “In regard to a video on social media that took place at Second Ave. and 25th Street, a woman taken into custody was wanted for damaging police cameras during five separate criminal incidents in and around City Hall Park. The arresting officers were assaulted with rocks & bottles.” The protester was later named by the New York Post as 18-year-old Nikki Stone. She was reportedly released early Wednesday after being slapped with several unspecified charges. Federal officers in Portland sparked nationwide outrage after video showed them in military-esque uniforms without badges detaining protesters in unmarked vans.

[MichMan]

1. Do plainclothes police typically use identification on clothes and vehicles?

Just asking as I live in a rural area and Im not knowledgeable about their methods in various cities.

Based on TV shows (yes,I know) I thought they would only show a badge when detaining or arresting someone, but otherwise they would be indistinguishable.

[stillcool]

2. identifying marks would defeat the purpose..

way back they all used to drive the same kind of cars...Crown Vics? My brother was a cop who worked plainclothes, but the only thing about him that didn't scream cop, was his clothes.

[MichMan]

3. In the video I saw, the police were on bicycles marked NYPD and jerseys with NYPD on big letters

The OP doesn't make sense. Once the interaction first starts, the video in the link clearly has a swarm of officers arrive identified as NYPD. Sure the van is unmarked, but I don't see why that had any significance.