Bring a spray bottle. 3 tsp baking soda, 8.5oz water. Spray from the inside of the eyes to the outside if someone gets pepper sprayed. DONT USE MILK.
Bring water, sunglasses, a hoodie. Leave any distinctive body jewelry at home. Tie your hair back as best as you can.
Put your cellphone on airplane mode before you leave or leave it at home.
Write a phone number of a trusted friend or lawyer on your body. Hide it.
Film the contents of any bags you bring as you're packing them and when you arrive, so it cant be claimed you possessed a weapon or a firestarter.
Dont wear makeup. Tear gas sticks. Facial recognition makeup with hurt, not help you. Wear glasses and not contacts.
If you can and shit is going down, get a traffic cone or a bowl and cover any tear gas canisters with it. Douse them in water. If you have heat resistant gloves and a good aim, throw them back.
Bring petroleum jelly and coat the outside of your mask in it.
Dont turn your back on police if you can help it. They are pushing people down to the ground.
Film arrests and violent behavior. DO NOT RELEASE PHOTOS OR VIDEO OF PROTESTORS FACES.
If you are white, it is your responsibility to stop other white people from causing destruction. ALT RIGHT AND WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS ARE COMING FROM OUT OF STATE AND JOINING THE PROTESTS TO CAUSE DISCORD, MISINFORMATION, AND MUDDY THE CAUSE. DO NOT LET THEM.
Colored arm band=probably undercover cop.
Bring a flashlight or a laser pointer to flash at cameras or distract law enforcement.
Cover your skin. Cover tattoos.
Do not tell anyone where you are going or where you are. Give them a time you're going dark, a time you expect to make contact again, and a hard deadline time. If they have not heard from you by the hard deadline, that is their signal to go looking for you or send a lawyer.
Avoid getting in cops faces. This generally leads to an outsized reaction.
Congregate in open areas with lots of exits.
Coordinate with other members of your group where you will be meeting if shit goes south.
