An Instagram account launched last week, tracks the patterns that make these figures easily identifiable: dubious press credentials, steel-toed boots, ill-fitting blue fleece jackets, distressed stretch denim, “suburban dad”-style half-hearted attitudes, and jerseys with coordinating sneakers. Social media posts about these failed attempts to “blend in” have come both as memes and earnest warnings. “In one sense, it’s pretty easy to recognize who they are.” “You can see the outline of their weapon, and they’re dressing with their hats backwards and things of that nature,” says Michael Birzer, a professor of criminal justice at Wichita State University and former police officer, who has done research on the behavioral effects of police uniforms. The guys dressing like police officers on a gnarly off-day are.if you can believe it.try not to gasp. Over the past few weeks, the presence of men in suspiciously casual outfits-bootcut jeans over steel-toed boots, often with the visible outline of a bullet proof vest or handcuffs in the back pants pocket-have led to messages of caution on social media.
As the Washington Post’s Robin Givhan wrote earlier this month, this is not a movement with a uniform-it’s a broad and expansive revolution, where every individual expression that respects its demands fits inside.īut one group in attendance sticks out.
What are activists in cities across the United States wearing to the protests? Inspiringly enough, anything they want.
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