So which cameras can be used to overcome normal face coverings? https://piped.video/watch?v=yRFeS72IM6M

Fuck you too buddy

I hope you get everything you deserve.

Thank you

FascRabbit

Mass protests where people did nothing particular.

A mass protest, in and of itself, is not "nothing".

People in LA are actually making it harder for ICE to terrorize them.

I would argue the opposite. You haven't noticed the National Guard and Marines being deployed there?

Am I the only one who thinks police should be held to a higher standard of accountabilities?

A mass protest, in and of itself, is not "nothing".

It is. What happened on June 14th was technically a mass protest, but it has none of the aspects that make a mass protest effective. In essence, that wasn't a protest; it was a parade. They can, in theory, be used as a launching point for something more effective, but on their own? Yeah, nothing.

You haven't noticed the National Guard and Marines being deployed there?

Okay and? They were deployed because ICE wasn't able to do their jobs, and even now they're suffering widespread harassment and obstruction. Not getting backlash because you did nothing isn't the flex you think it is.

Uh, well someone's doing it

No. There probably isn't more violence anywhere else yet though.

So just use one too and blend in. Put on a stupid Trump or racist hat, and if you are not white, put on gloves. Then surround them.

it has none of the aspects that make a mass protest effective

Oh please, do go on, what makes a protest effective? Nonsensical general destruction of your neighbors' property?

Okay and?

Okay and...that's bad?

Not getting backlash because you did nothing isn't the flex you think it is.

Getting the marines and national guard deployed on you isn't the flex you think it is.

the government should always identify itself to the people

the people should, by default, not be identified by the government

the power imbalance is important: the government is a large and powerful entity which is meant to serve the people without prejudice. people are individually small, and only gain their power from being a large group. the government is given power by the people in order for it to perform tasks beneficial to all

Nonsensical general destruction of your neighbors' property?

No, real obstruction of fascist activity. And, you know, turning out on a weekday. Mass protests work because, aside from the implicit threat of violence, they grind economic activity to a halt. That is simply not what happens when you parade for two hours on a Saturday.

I heard a bit on NPR over the weekend talking about copaganda. Turns out body cams are beneficial to cops, because they can take that footage and selectively edit and release it to push a certain narrative.

If you've ever seen a clip on social media, it often starts a few seconds before the cop hits someone, rarely showing the full sequence of events that led up to that point.

And if they can't edit the footage to make them look good? "Oops, we didn't retrieve that footage in time so it was overwritten."

No. Most cameras have filters to cut non-visible light.

And any EM that passes through a mask is probably going to pass through flesh too. And any EM that's transmitted and not reflected means it can't be imaged by a sensor.

Very thin fabric, like a thin white T-shirt, can be transparent to IR in bright sunlight. But that's a fairly rare case.

Why would a librarians info need to be public? Does America require a public database of public servants?

Please post the entirety of your online history.

Surely there's no reason to hide.

Whether what you've done is entirely legal (or not) authoritariaism doesn't care.

What is done in a free society is punished by small men with anger control issues.

What you may find reasonable to say in a free society, could, under a government opposed to free expression, land you in el Segundo - without your wallet.

The gestapo hide their faces because they know what they do is wrong, and to hide from justice.

People who protest or simply appreciate privacy do so because they understand the potential for retribution and being disappeared.

Please post the entirety of your online history. Surely there's no reason to hide.

...we're talking about hiding though

Whether what you've done is entirely legal (or not) authoritariaism doesn't care.

That goes both ways. That was my entire point.

No, real obstruction of fascist activity.

You're using a bunch of general language. Why don't you want to say what makes a protest effective?

Mass protests work because, aside from the implicit threat of violence, they grind economic activity to a halt.

Good luck not getting fired.