Cover your ears and eyebrows too, kids. Those are also unique enough to identify you. Beanies are an excellent choice for all of the above, and are generic and common enough to be bloc. Leave phones at home.
If you’ve got boobs, wear a sports bra. Wear good running shoes. Bring two water bottles (one for drinking, one for tear gas). Have an escape plan and a rendezvous point with your comrades if shit goes south. Make sure everyone knows what to do, who to call, and where to look if someone doesn’t show up for the post-action headcount.
STICK TOGETHER.
If you’re writing the NLG # on your arm, take the extra 30s to write “Shut the fuck up” above and below it.
Bring your ID?
If they have you and are taking your id, youre already in their custody, i imagine this helps (somewhat) in a couple ways: proving youre a citizen, not being lost in the system “accidentally,” things like that. Plus, if youre incapacitated for some reason like the other poster said. I cant really think of any downside. Youre not getting out without proving who you are, and the more you make that a pain for them the more theyre likely to take it out on you.
Why bring an id? And having the number on your arm probably makes you distinguishablr as well
You bring an ID because you will be peocessed far quicker with an ID if arrested.
Your arms should be covered anyways but you write your local NLG chapter"s number on multiple places on your body as police have been known to use hand sanitizer to remove it from your arms so you can’t call for help. Writing it in a nonvisible spot like your thigh as well as your arm can be extremely helpful.
Why no contacts?
I believe they mix terribly with tear gas.