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A LAPD Helicopter Claimed Cops Identified Protesters From Above and Would “Come to Your House” (www.motherjones.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The practice, an expert warns, could lead to “reprisals and retribution by the police for your politics.”

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're making a huge mistake authoritative often do. You have to give people something to lose. If the minimum of resistance leads to the maximum punishment, then it doesn't encourage people not to resist, it encourages them to go further because they're already being punished as much as they can be. This is going to radicalized a lot of people. May all the protesters be safe.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

"in for a penny, in for a pound"...

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Remember folks don't bring electronics to demonstrations. You are definitely being tracked if you do.

I know it's hard in this day and age, but the least amount of electronics on you, the better.

Cover up, be peaceful, but don't be a push over.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Wear clothes with photorealistic faces printed on them.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Helicopters used by Leo are surprisingly susceptible to small arms fire. Pretty stupid to use them in this scenario

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I hope there isn't anyone flying drones that might hit the blades of the helicopter. I don't think one or two would be much of a risk, but if there are several people flying drones in the area it might cause a problem.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Forget expensive drones. Fill a giant trash bag with helium balloons and lots of loosely crumpled aluminium foil. Tie it to a spool of heavy duty fishing line. You now have a homemade barrage balloon with a radar signature the size of a battleship. Deploy these from the back of a moving van, driving upwind, for wide airspace denial.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Rotor blades are quite robust. I used to fly RC helicopters and have hit myself (and other objects). Now, the turbines on the other hand... those are pretty sensitive. However the intakes on, say, a Bell 206 have convolutions and can easily be screened.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't let them corner you. As soon as the cops start arriving, scatter and regroup somewhere else. Waste their time.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

They’ve already said they can’t handle multiple distributed protests.

”LAPD can handle 1 10,000 person march, but 10 1000 person marches across the city would cripple us.”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Pigs are bottom feeding class traitors

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Ftp

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

With regard to turning off biometrics, a phone will require password after startup. There may also be a keypress available to lock the phone and require password to unlock. The reason you want that is because lkaw enforcement can legally force you to unlock your phone with biometrics, but they can't legally force you to give up your password.

I am fully aware that the word "legally" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.