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LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest (theintercept.com)

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[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So did Denver PD, BTW.

[–] Town@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

Portland too.

[–] TiredTiger@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Maybe it's the paranoiac in me, but I swear these particular "protests" exist to build a dissident list of people to imprison/exterminate later.

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They enable recently frustrated libs to make connections with more left wing groups. My mutual aid group got a lot of donations and more volunteers at each of the previous No Kings and 50501 protests. We don't collect information of prospective volunteers, and while our group had to submit some info for the tabling application, it's not more than what we submit for finding grants and contained no personal volunteers information aside from the primary contact. I and several others helped run the tables throughout the event without any event organizers having any info about me.

The police, of course, have access to whatever cell info they buy from all events, so I just leave it at home or turn it off.

[–] TiredTiger@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Right. I'm not saying everyone who shows up has nefarious intent, but I do think the national security state will take advantage, and is maybe even counting on people showing up to protest. I think we're facing a race right now, for leftists to sufficiently organize before the crackdown comes.

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 10 points 2 months ago

Could argue all protest culture. Direct action better yes.

[–] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I looked into volunteering with these groups and the amount of personal information they wanted makes me agree with you.

[–] TiredTiger@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

The idea of "signing up" for a protest just smacks of surveillance.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Same

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 1 points 2 months ago

Could be could just be how shitlibs do. Direct action assist.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 months ago

No, Trump is gone now. We did it!

[–] gnuthing@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Our local police are doing this for every little protest. I went to one with like 20 people and they had a drone out

[–] Jentu@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

I went to one with around 50 people and there were multiple drones and 2 police helicopters circling around us.

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 5 points 2 months ago

See? We use our million dollar drone. Now we nerd more

[–] Beaver@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

They love playing with their toys.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah they were on the videos

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

neat, how do we anti-drone without getting owned by the FCC and/or FAA?