By Michelle Malkin August 10, 2004 08:28 AM

The San Francisco Chronicle reports today that Bay Area leftists are heading to New York to protest the Republican National Convention. Some organizers are discouraging the infamous "Black Bloc" guerilla group from creating havoc–or, at least, are advising them to do so in Gap and Eddie Bauer attire:

Even though it’s chic in Manhattan to wear black, protesters are being told to forget it. Instead, try khaki. Or as one convention protest Web site put it, "business casual" to blend in better with the Republican protest targets.

Good thing the New York Police Department isn’t as soft on these thugs as San Francisco. Last month in the New York Daily News, Ray Kelly served noticed that it won’t tolerate Black Bloc tactics.

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