They were using the bike locks to claim that the protesters had ties to terrorist organizations, because "it's not the kind of thing a normal student has."

Despite the fact that the exact model of bike lock was part of a deal on bike locks advertised by the CU campus security on Facebook not 6 weeks ago.

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 25 points 6 months ago

Wow, I think that is an instant winner for the annual "most dogshit excuse for cops to do a thing" award.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 12 points 6 months ago

I mean, let's think about it step by step. The protesters used bike locks, having a bike lock implies having a bike, having a bike implies using it, using a bike implies you're riding it for transportation. That obviously means that the infiltrators are from Europe (most likely, Netherlands)

[–] The_Hideous_Orgalorg@sh.itjust.works 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think the students had chained the doors with bike locks, and the police are trying to claim the chains constitute professional involvement.

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 7 points 6 months ago

This also sounds like a reasonable explanation.

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It was used to close one of the doors of the building they occupied

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 3 points 6 months ago

This also sounds like a reasonable explanation.