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Anonymous hacks cops coordinating Occupy evictions - PERF goes down

 Sunday, Anonymous hacktivists assaulted PERF because of their alleged involvement in coordinating police crackdowns on Occupy protests across the country.

Anonymous hacktivists assaulted PERF, the Police Executive Research Forum, by taking down their website and releasing the private information of Sherwin B. "Chuck" Wexler - Executive Director at PERF.
 
PERF is a private but extremely influential national, non-governmental organization with close ties to law enforcement agencies across the country, as well as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The group allegedly orchestrated and coordinated the sometimes brutal police crack down on Occupy Wall Street, and other Occupy movements across the country.  
 
After several news organizations identified PERF as being responsible for advising and coordinating the police crackdowns resulting in Occupy evictions and other brutalities, the hivemind of the nebulous and notorious international Internet collective known as Anonymous began to swarm, and sting.
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After feeling the sting of Anonymous, PERF released a statement on Sunday denying the allegations that they are working behind the scenes coordinating the sometimes brutal evictions of Occupy gatherings across the country. The following is an excerpt from that statement:
 
Over the last few days, the Police Executive Research Forum has been the subject of several false articles and blog postings alleging that we have been coordinating police crackdowns on Occupy protests. This is not true.
 

Yet after offering a flat denial of coordinating police activity, the announcement goes on to admit that “PERF conducted two conference calls” with metropolitan police chiefs across the country concerning police response to the Occupy movement. Rather than strengthening their denial, the admission that PERF was conducting conference calls only strengthens the case that PERF was involved in advising and coordinating the police crackdown on the Occupy movement.

 The following is a sample of relevant tweets from Sunday’s Twitter stream:

#perf you better #occupy some pants, everyone can see that shutting down free speech gives you a hardon #ows #Anonymous @CabinCr3w @anonops
 
A private NGO called #PERF is helping to train & coordinate #Occupy raids nationally. PERF, Expect us! #Anonymous
 
Tango down: http://PoliceForum.org for violent use of pepper spray against peaceful UC Davis students! #Anonymous #PERF
 
BREAKING: Anonymous hacked website of #PERF the private NGO that organized #Occupy evictions. #OWS RT @Anon_Central
 
This is why u don't use force on unarmed peaceful students. Or anyone. 
#Anonymous #PERF You should have expected us!
 

   Be sure to see Anonymous targets top cops: Cabin Cr3w launches #OpPigRoast


 

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