Ultra squads disciplined by hand-gesture command awed loose protest crowds

Evidence

Eren watched, absolutely dazzled, as one Beşiktaş ultra stood in front of the rest and raised his arm to direct them. “It was truly insane. Their discipline,” Eren said. “With every little motion of his hand, the entire squad responded and moved in unison. He had complete control.” Referring to a 2002 movie produced in the United States in which the hero controls a complex computer with flourishes of his fingers, he said, “It was like watching Tom Cruise in Minority Report.” — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 347

Categorization

• XREF: Tightens the ch8 contrast between ultras’ command discipline and the anti-hierarchical movements that cannot integrate or direct their members. — connects to: Protesters reproduce familiar routines rather than adopt unfamiliar effective tactics — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 64; Leftist football ultras provided combat-ready front lines to protest movements — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 345; Unpoliced protests leave crowds free to act out and discredit their organizers (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Unpoliced protests leave crowds free to act out and discredit their organizers #expands (0.85)
• Everyday gestures become rituals through the charge they carry #exemplifies (0.75) — Karl Ove Knausgaard, A Death in the Family, 1414