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This one goes out to all the small government, privacy loving, Republicans out there, supposedly hating invasive big brother tactics and representing the values of the American heartland.

Would be much appreciated if you could have a word with your people about this.

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[–] Magister@lemmy.world 181 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

This first thing you should do when going protesting, is to leave your phone at home.

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 88 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And cover up your face and any visible tattoos or any other identifying features

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Put a rock in your shoe too. Gait identification can be shockingly accurate.

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 42 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

and cover your face if you are in a shithole country like USA, Turkey, Russia etc

[–] JunglisticFunkateer@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

USA ... the world's richest third world country.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

Having a small faraday bag around is useful too, that's what I do.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I wouldn't trust a foil bag to do anything 100%.

the only 100% way to not be caught is not bring it.

it also provides an alibi. "see, my phone was here all day long."

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

I'm talking about an actual faraday bag, not a foil bag. That, combined with a powered off device keeps you fairly protected. They aren't going to get into your phone if it's powered off.

it also provides an alibi. "see, my phone was here all day long."

There's going to be a deviation in usage regardless, it's not providing an alibi. A gap of time when you're not using your device that you normally would be is a marker they look for. They key is keeping them locked out (again, power them off).

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

I mean, a proper Faraday cage will block anything unless the US government has figured out how to break the laws of physics...

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you think you need a phone, it should be a burner.

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Radios or mesh devices only

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[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 98 points 2 weeks ago

Pigs are bottom feeding class traitors

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 75 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Shouting from a helicopter "Please disperse because we'll come to your house and murder your families if you don't" sounds like an actionable threat. And helicopters are difficult to fly on a good day. Would be a shame if someone up there had an accident.

[–] anotherandrew@mbin.mixdown.ca 17 points 2 weeks ago

I don’t know about you but if I’m on the ground (protesting or not) the last thing I want is a helicopter coming down anywhere near me.

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 66 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

sounds like a good reason to target any helicopters flying overhead with green lasers.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

And now the DEA's got a chopper in the air,

I wake up screamin' like I'm back over there,

I learned a thing or two from Charlie, don't you know?

You better stay away from Copperhead Road.

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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 45 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Talking a whole lot of shit for someone riding around in a machine that will find literally any excuse to break down. Helicopters are sketchy as fuck, and even if you manage to autorotate perfectly to try and recover from a stall, you're still liable to suffer severe or fatal injuries. It's super easy to crash due to human error or some kind of mechanical failure.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

A well kept helicopter is a reliable machine as any other, but it's true that it's probably a civil heli with extra cop stuff, ergo easy to down with some fuckery.

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[–] goldenquetzal@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

Follow Hong Kong tactics and use umbrellas to shield from above.

[–] atlien51@lemm.ee 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

LOL

From the country meant to represent freedom. No more!

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
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[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

A helicopter said all this?

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[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

America land of the free /s

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Green lasers. Everybody should have one.

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Check comment above. This is a terrible idea. You'll go from 2 stars to 5.

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[–] KAYDUBELL@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

Then fucking come over assholes

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Can you imagine 6 dudes with AR-15s, nothing fancy, responding that that threat? One wonders what might happen.

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[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What's wrong is that officers of the law are allowed to lie like that, yet still want to be respected.

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 13 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)
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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Checking out women sunbathing in backyards or other places.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Darrell_Winfield@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Would be much appreciated if you could have a word with your people about this.

I'm an American, but my only experience with LA was traveling through for 2 days about 10 years ago. AKA no experience with LA.

This action appears to be originated from LAPD and therefore the local LA government. I have always considered LA to be deeply blue, and would therefore think that their local LA government would be Democrat, not Republican.

So should this not be the local blue voting populace having a word with their blue elected politicians?

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 67 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

The police are violent thugs everywhere, not just Republican cities and states.

It's because they have almost complete immunity from being prosecuted for wrongdoing and also, well, they are incredibly well armed and often use their monopoly on violence to threaten blue politicians.

I grew up in a city where cops didn't like their own chief of police because he wanted to drug test the force regularly after several got caught doing drugs on the job. The chiefs own force stalked him, harassed him, made violent threats against him and his family, until he was ran out of town. The police union sued him and said drug testing them violated their rights. The police union won in court. Those drug tests never happened.

[–] Darrell_Winfield@lemmy.world 35 points 2 weeks ago

That's kinda what I'm getting at. This isn't R vs D, and further perpetuating that is lending into the division of the country that the powers that be want.

This is class war, always has been. Police are the arm wielding power of the rich, used to push down the working class.

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

LAPD is not under the control of any government. They have literal warring gang factions within the LAPD. It is an occupying junta force.

[–] Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 weeks ago

LAPD is notoriously corrupt and vile even among other police peers and has been for a long time. Its only competitor is the NYPD

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