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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)
submitted 3 days ago by AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What's wrong is that officers of the law are allowed to lie like that, yet still want to be respected.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Yeah, it's frustrating. We need to end Qualified Immunity pronto.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

In lying's defense, they shouldn't be respected when they say that regardless of its truthiness