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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 57 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“This is a chilling statement,” he told Mother Jones. “Even if it were a joke, it was clearly designed to make the public afraid to exercise its First Amendment rights to protest and to hold government officials, including LAPD officers, accountable for their actions.”

Fuck this timeline. Resist. They don't have enough people to get to us all unless we are compliant.

[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They don’t have enough people to get to us all unless we are compliant.

This is incorrect. They absolutely have enough people to monitor the feeds for detected people and collect people up individually after the fact, which is exactly what the speakers/statements are alluding to.

This is why "AI" bullshit is bullshit. This is why cameras on literally every traffic light is bad. This is what a lot of people have been screaming since 9/11. With the TSA and other organizations collecting information all willy nilly.

[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah... There is no such thing as privacy or security. It's already game over for human rights like that. They need each citizen to be their product in which they can buy sell and profit off.

The roosters at that cop city place in Georgia said they started getting harassed and followed by the police. The police and feds works the same as street gang pressure. It's basically legal modern Mafia... In fact they even have used the mafia for themselves.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

they are using palintir for that purpose.

[–] cannibalkitteh@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The helicopter itself made these threats?

[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 37 points 1 week ago

Yeah, our government is like Cars.

[–] SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Don't know, but it's very easily done via LRAD. which the LAPD is known to have a "unknown quantity" of.

Note it's secondary usage as a "sonic weapon". [Self defense tips] (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3sqIvak-4Ek)

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago

"So right off the bat I just wanted to say that if for some reason you think I shouldn't be helping protestors protect themselves from non-lethal weapons, I don't fucking care."

Gotta love this for guy saying exactly what he means.

[–] pticrix@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Also : possible to redirect the sound toward the emitter using a parabolic object. Video on the 'tubes.

[–] Phenomephrene@thebrainbin.org 3 points 1 week ago

Or have we lived long enough to see the 4-chan meme of identifying as an attack helicopter become a real thing‽

[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Remember the government will profile you and harass you until you become the image they profiled you as.

[–] dan@upvote.au 28 points 1 week ago

It can get cold if you're protesting at night, so don't forget to keep warm by wearing a face covering 😊

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Out of sheer curiosity, what kinds of rounds could feasibly take down a helicopter? Is .50 cal the minimum?

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Literally anything hits the tail rotor and it's a spinning brick. .308, a drone, steel cable, Kevlar nets, whatever. Those things are hovering death traps

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Steel bearing from a slingshot even.

[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nah, just about any rifle round can. It's a matter of hitting it somewhere important though. Most people can't hit anything at any meaningful distance. So now you're going to shoot into the air, miss the helicopter and take out someone a couple miles away as collateral.

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago

This is true. Droning tail rotors doesn't risk missing just the helicopter falling on someone.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

I just realized that a couple of drones in the airspace is probably sufficient to deter a helicopter.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Not necessarily. If they start taking any small arms fire I expect they'll leave. 5.56 could crack the windscreen or injure the occupants. A bigger round would be more effective if you actually want to hit the engine or transmission and actually take it down, yes. You could probably do it with anything .300 or larger (7.62 NATO, etc.) if you hit it just right or multiple times. Or yeah go for something big like .50 BMG and hit it once somewhere in the meaty bits. But rifles in .50 are often bigger and more awkward to move around.

[–] EisFrei@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

The main rotor blades can take a surprising amount of abuse.
I found it even more surprising how much stuff can actually pass between the blades.
https://youtu.be/CiDqNRdxTO0

[–] Scranulum@feddit.nu 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A few cheap laser pointers from Walmart or the discount store and that thing will either be landing immediately, leaving the AO, or crashing violently.

But, you know, you should never do this. Or whatever I'm supposed to say here to prevent the secret police from kicking my door in.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't think there is anything to prevent that. So might as well say as much as you can before they snatch away the mic

[–] errer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I was a juror on a trial where a camera was used to record a purported crime from a helicopter. The camera quality was no joke, I could make out the individual buttons on the guy’s shirt. I don’t doubt they could ID people from the chopper.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 1 week ago
[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)