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An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house"
(www.motherjones.com)
Threatened? So they didn't ID them.
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2025
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What's wrong is that officers of the law are allowed to lie like that, yet still want to be respected.
Yeah, it's frustrating. We need to end Qualified Immunity pronto.
In lying's defense, they shouldn't be respected when they say that regardless of its truthiness
Follow Hong Kong tactics and use umbrellas to shield from above.
Laser pointer
They'd come kill you for that.
they're already on the verge of it, may as well hang for a sheep
Is it plausible this might cause the helicopter to crash somehow? I wouldn't want to risk that.
No no, couldn't have that, would be a shame
a helicopter crash in a populated area has a high likelihood of collateral damage
America land of the free /s
Checking out women sunbathing in backyards or other places.
LOL
From the country meant to represent freedom. No more!
Green lasers. Everybody should have one.
Check comment above. This is a terrible idea. You'll go from 2 stars to 5.
They have sonic weapons. They run over people with horses and armored vehicles.
But they won't have copters to track you down and green lasers take out CCDs like nothing else. If they wanted to fly they shouldn't have weaponized the sky and flight.
What about walkie talkies? Short wave radios? Older tech comms devices?
What about open source open hardware anti-air missiles?
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