Sane Progressive on the industry providing crisis actors

The material I have put together is entirely from Debbie Lusignon, Sane Progressive’s video.

I regard this as so important and interesting that I have done further research to look up some of the links provided by her.

It has been an inordinately frustrating task – I even lost all my work at one stage and I cannot get the formatting right or include all the screenshots without messing things up.

The crisis industry spawned by the 2012 NDAA

This is the propaganda from CNN "debunking" various "conspiracy theories" around the Miami shooting on Valentine's Day.

I must say that every time one of these events happens I have to be taken through the circumstances of each one and have to be persuaded that it was not a genuine event.

In particular, I have been particularly allergic to the idea of the presence of crisis actors along with drills being carried out.

I am deeply indebted to Debbie Lusignon, Sane Progressive for doing the research to prove that this indeed exists and what's more you can go searching on the internet for this. It's all there in the open.

THE NDAA THAT LEGALISES PROPAGANDA AND PSYOPS

The NDAA legalizes the use of propaganda on the US public

The NDAA of 2012 legalised the use of propaganda and psyops against the public of the United States nullify the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948, which explicitly forbids information and psychological operations aimed at influencing U.S. public opinion.

This was passed by both Republicans and Democrats.  Congress went out of their way to make it legal to carry out psychological operations

The question needs to be asked why would they introduce provisions that would be unpopular with the public (if they knew about it) if they are not intending to use them.

In the wake of passing this law a whole crisis industry sprang up.

Debbie goes through various examples of such companies. This is NOT conspiracy theory. You can go onto the Net and see these companies for yourselves and check the services they offer.

In summary:

There are numerous companies , providing services such as

• actors for protests and rallies
• people to stage chemical, terrorist actions
• you can even hire cadavers

Let's have a look at some of the material Debbie found

CROWDS ON DEMAND

Crowds On Demand was founded by Adam Swart who was, amongst other things was political organiser for Jerry Brown’s political campaign.

Wikipedia says:

Crowds on Demand is an American publicity firm that provides clients with hired actors to pose as fans, paparazzi, security guards, and professional paid protesters.[1] The company operates in Los Angeles; San Francisco; Las Vegas;[2] New York City;[1] Washington, D.C.;[3] Iowa; and New Hampshire [4] The firm was founded in October 2012 by Adam Swart

Crowds on Demand- Wikipedia

This is from their website:

More recent companies talk about crisis simulation, deliberate manipulation of the public

CrisisCast

CrisisCast is a company based in the UK. Here is a description from its website.

Award winning role play actors and film makers specially trained in disaster and crisis management.

We dramatise events for emerging security needs in the UK, Middle East and worldwide. Our specialist role play actors – many with security clearance – are trained by behavioural psychologists and rigorously rehearsed in criminal and victim behaviour to help police, the army and the emergency services, hospitals, schools, local authorities, government, private security firms, shopping centres, airports, big business, criminal justice departments, media and the military to simulate incident environments for life saving procedures.

We use state of the art British film industry techniques, props and special effects to help trainers deliver essential, hands-on, high octane crisis response and disaster management training. We also work with trainee doctors, psychologists and care professionals.

Strategy

Our crisis management exercises can test monitoring and communications systems, safety plans including lockdown and evacuation procedures, the ability of emergency services to co-operate and respond effectively and - of increasing importance - their joint ability to respond to the press, media and information posted on social platforms and the internet.

All strategy is developed in partnership with our clients.

PROTESTS, RALLIES AND ADVOCACY

Whether your organization is lobbying to gain approval of a project, move forward a legislative initiative, bring additional pressure within complex litigation or trying to see swift and effective action in another way, we can set-up protests, coordinate phone-banking initiatives and create non-profit organizations to advance your agenda. 

It provides a list a rather surprising list of associate companies

Here are some of them.. :

ADS  GROUP UK

The crisis actor company is associated with an aerospace and space contractor company that is holding the Security and Policing Conference 2018 to take part in a closed-security facility and is holding meetings with all the senior government policy makers.

The blurb which has now disapeared from the internet advertises that it provides access to seniot decision- and policy makers of governments as well as procurement officers from around the world

About ADS

ADS is the Premier Trade Organisation for companies in the UK Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space Sectors. Membership is made up of over 1000 UK registered businesses.

ADS activities are focused around the following key areas:

• Supporting business development opportunities
• Supporting UK  manufacturing and our industries’ supply chains
• Influencing the policy debates of most importance to our industries
• Encouraging investments in technology and innovation
• Enhancing the profile of our industries
• Increasing Member value through a range of services

The material on the conference has now disappeared from the internet

This is a particularly-interesting one that provides a wide range of services the nature of which they do not hid

Magnum Service UK

Our capabilities of Casualty Simulation (Cas Sim) effects range from the unobvious and not visible to the physical and traumatic injuries such as:

• Primary health care simulation - rashes, blisters, bites and shock
• Closed/healing wounds including lacerations, bruising and scarring
• Infected and necrotic wounds
• Head and facial injuries, including avulsions and abrasions
• Fractures, both open and closed
• Amputations, partial and full

• Catastrophic hemorrhaging
• Perineal and pelvic injuries
• Abdominal and chest injuries; including sucking chest wounds (pneumothorax) and eviscerations
• Blunt trauma, de-gloving injuries and entrapment injuries
• Ballistic injuries, such as; gunshot wounds, blast injuries, fragmentation wounds and large cavity wounds
• Burns (1st, 2nd & 3rd degree) superficial, partial and full thickness
• Bioterrorism, such as; Chemical, Biological, radiation and nuclear (CBRN) and other toxins and plagues

We add realism to Casualty Simulation (CAS SIM) training.  Magnum Services provide professional amputee actors and makeup specialists.  Our actors have many years of experience including being featured in film and television.

Utilizing the unique combination of our realistic prosthetics and expert CAS SIM effects, our role players will expertly and appropriately use their skills, experiences and simulated injuries to mimic the emotions and actions of a casualty, resulting in realistic and very definitive clinical training delivery.

Our actors are experienced in ad-libbing and improvising during the scenario, reacting to their simulated injuries (both visually obvious and any injuries hidden under clothing), the quality of treatments administered and to meet all of the training objectives required, including reacting to subtle prompts by training instructors.

The roles that our actors are required to play vary from military casualties injured in a battlefield environment (including live firing exercises), a civilian injured in a road traffic accident, to a patient in a hospital bed undergoing care for a variety of both physical and mental health issues.  Our team is adaptable and experienced to perform any role in any given situation.

We pride ourselves on our professionalism, which is why we always work precisely to your exact training requirements.

Crisis actor companies set up by ex-military people aligned to aerospace and space agencies, participating in closed security conferences to get access to policy and decision makers at the head of the government.

This demonstrates that they are going to carry psychological operations

CRISIS CLOUD

 

CRISIS CLOUD – CRISIS SIMULATION EXERCISE MEDIA WEB PORTAL

Crisis Cloud is cutting edge web technology that simulates real world communications during a crisis simulation or crisis exercise. It’s been designed in conjunction with our IT specialists to enhance the player experience and the learning of the teams.

CREATING REALITY AND CONNECTING PARTICIPANTS IN CRISIS SIMULATION EXERCISES

Traditional exercises rely on telephones, but in the real world we now communicate in myriads of ways. Crisis Cloud provides dynamic, interactive web pages, simulated news videos and social media.

To log on all you need is a broadband connection. Players can take part in the crisis exercise from their offices across the corridor or across continents.

Participants in the crisis simulation exercises are provided with password-protected access to the platform, giving you confidence your exercise won’t leak into the real world.

Prior to an exercise all the news stories and tweets are pre-programmed to pour in as the exercise progresses. As in real life some of the social media activity is just white noise but contained therein are important pieces of information that the players will need to asses.

Crisis Solutions’ journalists will be phoning participants and updating news stories as the simulation exercises progress.

Similarly, players can put out internal messages to staff and external messages to journalists and other stakeholders. Thus providing an excellent audit trail after the event.

Crisis Cloud is constantly being updated with new features by our IT consultants.

CRISIS CLOUD – YOUR SCENARIO, OUR REALISM

Crisis Cloud is tailored to your specific exercise requirements, but a typical example will include:

• News stories based on the scenario. Stories are updated as the crisis exercise progresses
• News videos to bring the immediacy of media scrutiny
• Client pages for internal and external statements
• A Twitter inspired social media page that is accessible to players and updated in real time

Here is a Wikipedia article which looks as if it is not going to be there for very long - perhaps after being quoted by Debbie - who knows?

Crowds on Demand

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Crowds on Demand

Founder	Adam Swart
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California, United States
Area served	Los Angeles; San Francisco; Las Vegas; New York City; Washington, D.C.; Iowa; New Hampshire
Services	publicity, public relations
Website	http://crowdsondemand.com/

Crowds on Demand is an American publicity firm that provides clients with hired actors to pose as fans, paparazzi, security guards, and professional paid protesters.^[1]The company operates in Los Angeles; San Francisco; Las Vegas;^[2] New York City;^[1]Washington, D.C.;^[3] Iowa; and New Hampshire ^[4] The firm was founded in October 2012 by Adam Swart.^[2]

Contents

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• 1Services
• 2Criticism
• 3See also
• 4References
• 5External links

Services[edit]

As I walked down the stairs from the airplane in Estonia, I thought "Wouldn't it be great to be waving to a cheering crowd right about now?" I had the same thought as I returned home to the [United] States. Life can be very cold at times, and nothing makes people happier than having people cheer for them.

— Adam Swart, founder and CEO of Crowds on Demand, 2013 interview with LAist^[2]

The firm sells services that allow clients to simulate a celebrity lifestyle. Its “Celebrity Shopping Experience” is a trip through town in a luxury car, with cheering fans and paparazzi at every stop. The service was the subject of a “Good Morning America” piece in which a correspondent pretended to be the King of Liechtenstein while he went through a shopping mall with a paid entourage.^[5]

The company also carries out publicity stunts for companies and public relations firms using actors.^[6]

Just before the November 2012 election, company founder Swart said that the company was considering a request by a candidate for a staged political protest.^[2] According to an article in the New York Post, Anthony Weiner paid Crowds on Demand actors to attend campaign rallies during his 2013 campaign for mayor of New York City.^[7]

Criticism[edit]

Crowds on Demand has come under criticism for selling the pretense of fame and popularity. Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, an associate professor at the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy, criticized the company for deceiving the public.^[6]

A Washington Post columnist mentioned an e-mail he received advertising the company's “Celebrity Arrival Service” offered to politicians:^[3]

I received an e-mail the other day from Crowds on Demand, an L.A.-based company that, for a fee, will send a bunch of “team members” to your event, stuffing the crowd with confederates to make you look important.

The service has been characterized as astroturfing. Dan Schneider, writing for The Atlantic, said "There might be some gray area between offering a small token of appreciation to otherwise voluntary supporters and full-blown astroturfing, but spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars to prop up a struggling cause seems to fit more squarely in the latter category." Schneider also noted that Swart admitted "a revelation that a campaign is paying for supporters is deeply embarrassing, and he takes great pains to keep his clients’ identities a secret."^[4]

According to a February 2016 report for NBC Los Angeles, a paid protester claimed to be "a concerned citizen" when speaking out against a planned development in a city council meeting for Camarillo, California in 2015. He later stated to reporters that his role "was scripted, they told me what to say." Swart claimed the company has "worked with dozens of campaigns for state officials, and 2016 presidential candidates" but declined to identify his clients for fear of losing future business. Public records identified only one campaign, for the Six Californias, had paid Crowds on Demand.^[8]

See also[edit]

• Rental family, a service to provide actors to play family, friends, and/or coworkers, primarily in Japan

References[edit]

1. ^ Jump up to: ^a b "¿Quieres fans? ¡Alquílalas!". noticias.univision.com. Univision Noticias. AFP. 2013-02-14. Archived from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
2. ^ Jump up to: ^a b c d Adam Swart (2012-11-01). "Feeling Unloved? Now You Can Rent a Crowd to Follow You Around" (Interview). Interview with Jessica P. Ogilvie. LAist. Archived from the original on 2013-02-24. Retrieved 2013-03-12. [...] the most interesting 'request' was for a political protest against a candidate's opponent...we're working to make sure that the protest is appropriate as we are an honorable business and would never want to spread anything that is false about anyone!
3. ^ Jump up to: ^a b Kelly, John (2012-10-01). "From D.C. to Berlin and back again". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
4. ^ Jump up to: ^a b Schneider, Dan (22 July 2015). "1-800-HIRE-A-CROWD". The Atlantic. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
5. Jump up ^ Watt, Nick (2012-12-31). "New Year's Eve 2012-2013: Rent an Entourage, Paparazzi for New Year's Eve". ABC News. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
6. ^ Jump up to: ^a b Lee, Wendy (2013-01-07). "Los Angeles company provides fake paparazzi and crowds for celebrity wannabes". Scpr.org. Southern California Public Radio. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
7. Jump up ^ DeFalco, Beth (28 August 2013). "Weiner paid for phony supporters at campaign events, source says". New York Post. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
8. Jump up ^ Austin, Marin (17 February 2016). "Concerned Citizens Turn Out to Be Political Theater". NBC4 Los Angeles. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

External links[edit]

• Polatoglu, Serli (2 May 2011). "Presidential candidates rally votes – Adam Swart". Daily Bruin. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
• Taete, Jamie Lee Crutis (6 August 2013). "It's Now Possible to Hire Fake Protesters". Vice. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
• Morley, Nicole (2 July 2015). "Politicians are hiring crowds of actors to pose as supporters". Metro. Retrieved 17 November2017.
• "Company with crowds for hire sees opportunity in politics". CBS News. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
• Monks, Kieron (20 October 2015). "The lucrative business of crowds for hire". CNN. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
• Rothbart, Davy (31 March 2016). "Crowd Source: Inside the company that provides fake paparazzi, pretend campaign supporters, and counterfeit protesters". The California Sunday Magazine. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
• MacGuill, Dan (15 August 2017). "Was a Crowd Hire Company Involved in Protests Against a White Supremacist Rally?". Snopes. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowds_on_Demand

Watch Debbie's video here where she provides this information and ties it together with information from the Valentine's Day shooting