Cool…

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

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        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.”

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          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).

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      I bring my phone. I likely won’t be breaking any laws, and I can afford a lawyer. So yeah arrest me and waste the system’s time. Just another data point they have to sort.

      And if it gets to the point where none of that matters we were cooked anyway

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      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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    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.

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    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.

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    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?

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      LAPD is better than it used to be but it’s still full of assholes.

      LASD has been worse and probably still is.

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