I hadn't thought about this, but the usual descriptions of 'breaking through the police lines' and the like may obscure more than they reveal.

I guess we feel bolder when we set up these fences of words, and say, 'I am on the militant-active side; they are on the timid-passive side' but these barriers make it harder for other people to join us.

I usually write most of my accounts in the 1st person (singular or plural as the case may be). I wrote most of this account in the 3rd person because I wasn't up for more risky stuff, and I was busy checking the street signs at every turn (and stopping to scribble it down), so I was too busy reporting to really participate.